Usury, law and emotions in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Krystyn Ostrowski’s adaptation Lichwiarz (1861)

The paper discusses the representation of usury in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and the Polish adaptation Lichwiarz by Krystyn Ostrowski. This research aims to show how Shakespeare presented usury in his play and how Ostrowski modified it in 1861. As it is demonstrated, usury is a le...

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Main Author: Katarzyna Jaworska-Biskup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego 2024-12-01
Series:Acta Iuris Stetinensis
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Online Access:https://wnus.usz.edu.pl/ais/pl/issue/1476/article/21528/
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