02465nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10611583 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120808s2013 nyu sb 000 0deng d 2012029531 9780823241941 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780823241958 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)823654940 PR3069.E375 B47 2013eb 822.3/3 23 Berger, Harry. A fury in the words [electronic resource] : love and embarrassment in Shakespeare's Venice / Harry Berger, Jr. 1st ed. New York : Fordham University Press, 2013. x, 229 p. Includes bibliographical references. Mercifixion in The merchant of Venice: the riches of embarrassment -- Introduction -- Negotiating the bond -- Antonio's blues -- Curiositas: the two Sallies -- Negative usury and the arts of embarrassment -- Negative usury: Portia's ring trick -- Portia the embarrasser -- The archery of embarrassment -- The first Jason -- A note on verse and prose in Act 1 -- Another Jason -- Portia cheating -- Portia's hair -- The siege of Belmont -- Covinous casketeers -- Moonlit maundering -- Coigns of vantage -- Standing for judgment -- Standing for sacrifice -- "Here is the money": Bassanio in the bond market -- Twilight in Belmont: Portia's ring cycle -- Death in Venice -- Three's company: contaminated intimacy in Othello. Prehistory in Othello -- Othello's embarrassment in 1.2 and 1.3 -- The proclamation scenes: Act 2 scenes 2 and 3 -- Desdemona on Cyprus: Act 2 scene 1 -- Dark triangles in 3.3 -- Desdemona's greedy ear -- Impertinent trifling: Desdemona's handkerchief -- The Emilian trail -- Iago's soliloquies -- Othello's endgame -- The fury in her words. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello. Embarrassment in literature. Love in literature. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10611583 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 208047 208047