This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1633 quarto (Q) text--the only authoritative version--with modernized spelling and silent alteration of obvious errors, of confusing punctuation, and of word-form changes. A Textual Notes section follows the play. Editorial matter by Lloyd Kermode. Six illustrations and one map. An unusually rich selection of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century contexts, thematically organized to promote classroom discussion. Topics include "Theater and Marlowe," "Machiavelli and Mediterranean Identities," and "Ideas of the Jew." Twenty-seven critical interpretations spanning three centuries and including seven considerations of The Jew of Malta in performance. A chronology and a selected bibliography.

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