"'The Refusal of Compassion': Teaching The Merchant of Venice in a General Education Course"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbp14/
Author:
	Diaz, Joanne.
Type:
	Book Chapter
Year:
	2024
Publication Information:
	Sasser, Teaching Shakespeare Beyond the Major, 71–89.
:
	Sasser, Teaching Shakespeare Beyond the Major
Annotation:
	Describes teaching Merchant of Venice in an undergraduate course on law and literature. Suggests value of teaching play's cultural context, applying close reading strategies (focusing on deictics), experimenting with linguistic deformance, and turning to early printings.
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Sasser, M. Tyler; Atwood, Emma K.
Tags:
	Pedagogy, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Merchant of Venice
WSB Update:
	Spring 2026
WSB Record Number:
	bbbp14