"The Dawn of Secularism in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc678/
Author:
	Major, Rafael.
Type:
	Book Chapter
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	Nadon, Enlightenment and Secularism: Essays on the Mobilization of Reason, 29–40.
:
	Nadon, Enlightenment and Secularism: Essays on the Mobilization of Reason
Annotation:
	Suggests that Shakespeare has a negative view of secularism by noting how, in Merchant of Venice, secular laws, originally meant to lessen religious tension, prove to be inadequate for resolving conflicts fueled by latent religious prejudice.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Nadon, Christopher
Keywords:
	secularism; law; religion; prejudice
Tags:
	Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Merchant of Venice
WSB Update:
	Winter 2013
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc678