Shakespeare and the Jews

twentieth anniversary Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-231-17867-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

James Shapiro's unvarnished look at how Jews were portrayed in Elizabethan England challenged scholars to recognize the significance of Jewish questions in Shakespeare's day. From accounts of Christians masquerading as Jews to fantasies of settling foreign Jews in Ireland, Shapiro's work delves deeply into the cultural insecurities of Elizabethans while illuminating Shakespeare's portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. In a new preface, Shapiro reflects upon what he failed to understand about intolerance when the book was first published.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shapiro, James

Weitere Mitwirkende

Shapiro, James

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary EditionAcknowledgmentsA Note on TextsIntroduction1. False Jews and Counterfeit Christians2. Myths, Histories, Consequences3. The Jewish Crime4. "The Pound of Flesh"5. The Hebrew Will Turn Christian6. Race, Nation, or Alien?7. Shakespeare and the Jew Bill of 1753ConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

James Shapiro is the Larry Miller Professor of English at Columbia University and a governor of the Folger Shakespeare Library. He is the author of several books, including 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare and The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606.