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Shakespeare and the Jews / James Shapiro.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: twentieth anniversary editionDescription: 1 online resource (320 p.) : 15 b&w illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231103459
  • 9780231541879
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 822.3/3 20/eng/20231120
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Texts -- Introduction -- 1. False Jews and Counterfeit Christians -- 2. Myths, Histories, Consequences -- 3. The Jewish Crime -- 4. “The Pound of Flesh” -- 5. The Hebrew Will Turn Christian -- 6. Race, Nation, or Alien? -- 7. Shakespeare and the Jew Bill of 1753 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Summary: First published in 1996, James Shapiro's pathbreaking analysis of the portrayal of Jews in Elizabethan England challenged readers 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 has learned about intolerance since the first publication of Shakespeare and the Jews.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Texts -- Introduction -- 1. False Jews and Counterfeit Christians -- 2. Myths, Histories, Consequences -- 3. The Jewish Crime -- 4. “The Pound of Flesh” -- 5. The Hebrew Will Turn Christian -- 6. Race, Nation, or Alien? -- 7. Shakespeare and the Jew Bill of 1753 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index

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First published in 1996, James Shapiro's pathbreaking analysis of the portrayal of Jews in Elizabethan England challenged readers 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 has learned about intolerance since the first publication of Shakespeare and the Jews.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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