"'Lord of this fair mansion' and 'Queen o'er myself': Female Agency in The Merchant of Venice and Il Pecorone"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc2208/
Author:
	Maxfield, Alison.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	CCTE Studies 79 (2013): 24–31.
Annotation:
	Compares Merchant of Venice to its source, Giovanni Fiorentino's Il Pecorone; examines Shakespeare's Portia next to Giovanni's Lady of Belmonte in terms of their changing agency throughout plays. Argues that Portia is granted more agency through Shakespeare's better use of dialogue.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Fiorentino, Giovanni
Tags:
	Shakespeare's Sources and Influences on Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
WSB Update:
	Winter 2015
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc2208