Shakespeare and the Jews

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-231-10345-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 569 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Going against the grain of the dominant scholarship on the period, which generally ignores the impact of Jewish questions in early modern England, James Shapiro presents how Elizabethans imagined Jews to be utterly different from themselves;in religion, race, nationality, and even sexuality. From strange cases of Christians masquerading as Jews to bizarre proposals to settle foreign Jews in Ireland, this book looks into the crisis of cultural identity in Elizabethan England and sheds new light on The Merchant of Venice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shapiro, James

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

False Jews and Counterfeit ChristiansMyths, Histories, ConsequencesThe Jewish Crime"A Pound of Flesh"The Hebrew Will Turn ChristianRace, Nation, or Alien?Shakespeare and the Jew Bill of 1753

Über Autor(innen)

James Shapiro is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.