"Noble Friendship in Relation to the Community: Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbm282/ Author: Hill, John M. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2022 Publication Information: Classen, Communication, Translation, and Community in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: New Cultural-Historical and Literary Perspectives, 491–518. DOI: doi.org/10.1515/9783110776874-018 : Classen, Communication, Translation, and Community in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: New Cultural-Historical and Literary Perspectives Annotation: Argues that "genuine, noble friendship" transcends potential erotic relationships in Hamlet and Merchant of Venice. Considers how such form of friendship operates in relation to "political danger" in Hamlet and "religiously mixed merchant community" in Merchant of Venice.  Language: English Persons: Classen, Albrecht Tags: Hamlet, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Merchant of Venice WSB Update: Summer 2024 WSB Record Number: bbbm282