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Shakespeare and the Jews / James Shapiro.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2825 .S44 1996
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LIBRA PR2825 .S44 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shapiro, James, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Jews.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William).
- Shakespeare, William <1564-1616>--Personnages--Juifs.
- Shakespeare, William <1564-1616> / Merchant of Venice.
- Shylock (Fictitious character).
- Shylock.
- Jews--History--16th century.
- Jews.
- Jews--History--17th century.
- Jews--History--18th century.
- Judaism in literature.
- Jews in literature.
- History.
- Judaïsme dans la littérature.
- Juifs--Histoire--16e siècle.
- Juifs--Histoire--17e siècle.
- Juifs--Histoire--18e siècle.
- Juifs dans la littérature.
- Shylock (Personnage fictif).
- Local Subjects:
- Shakespeare, William <1564-1616>--Personnages--Juifs.
- Shakespeare, William <1564-1616> / Merchant of Venice.
- Judaïsme dans la littérature.
- Juifs--Histoire--16e siècle.
- Juifs--Histoire--17e siècle.
- Juifs--Histoire--18e siècle.
- Juifs dans la littérature.
- Shylock (Personnage fictif).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Twentieth anniversary edition, with a new preface.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- 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 failed to understand about intolerance since the first publication.-- page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231178670
- 9780231178679
- 0231103441
- 9780231103442
- 9780231103459
- 023110345X
- OCLC:
- 930485934
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