ISBN:
0231103441
,
023110345X
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 317 S.
,
Ill.
Year of publication:
1996
DDC:
822.3/3
Keywords:
Shakespeare, William 〈1564-1616〉 - Personnages - Juifs
;
Shakespeare, William 〈1564-1616〉 / Merchant of Venice
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Shakespeare, William 〈1564-1616〉
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Shakespeare, William 〈1564-1616〉 Characters
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Jews
;
Shakespeare, William
;
Shylock
;
Shakespeare, William
;
Geschichte 1700-1800
;
Geschichte 1600-1700
;
Geschichte 1500-1600
;
Geschichte 1500-1753
;
Beeldvorming
;
Engels
;
Joden
;
Judaïsme dans la littérature
;
Juifs - Histoire - 16e siècle
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Juifs - Histoire - 17e siècle
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Juifs - Histoire - 18e siècle
;
Juifs dans la littérature
;
Letterkunde
;
Shylock (Personnage fictif)
;
Darstellung
;
Englisch
;
Geschichte
;
Juden
;
Literatur
;
Jews in literature
;
Jews History 16th century
;
Jews History 17th century
;
Jews History 18th century
;
Judaism in literature
;
Shylock (Fictitious character)
;
Juden
;
Juden
;
Großbritannien
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Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 The merchant of Venice
;
Shylock
;
Großbritannien
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1500-1753
;
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
;
Juden
Abstract:
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 shows 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, Shakespeare and the Jews looks into the crisis of cultural identity in that post-Reformation world. Even as Shakespeare has come to embody Englishness itself, The Merchant of Venice, with its exploration of Jewish criminality, conversion, race, alien status, and national identity, now stands at the crossroads of cultural exclusion and cultural longing. In this formidably researched new book, Shapiro sheds fascinating light on the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries and opens new questions about culture and identity in Elizabethan England.
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