The early modern stage-Jew : heritage, inspiration, and concepts : with the first edition of Nathaniel Winburne's Machiavellus / Saskia Zinsser-Krys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zinsser-Krys, Saskia, author.

Series:

Cultural identities, studies in early modern and European cultures ; volume 5.

Cultural identities, studies in early modern and European cultures, 1863-219X ; volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603--Relations with Jews.

Elizabeth.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

Jews in literature.

Theater--England--History--16th century.

Theater.

Relations with Jews.

England.

History.

Theater--England--History--17th century.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

539 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang Edition, [2017]

Summary:

This book investigates the contemporary conceptions of the Jewish figure on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage. Taking on what has been said about Shakespeare's Shylock and Marlowe's Barabas in the last centuries, the author analyses seven other, largely ignored plays to enhance the image we have today of the early modern stage-Jew. In tracing the image of Jewish figures in medieval literature and in early modern travel reports, the foundation of the Elizabethan idea of -Jewishness- is laid out. Further, the author challenges some arguments which have become axiomatic over time, such as the notion of the red-haired, hook-nosed comical villain. The book also contains a first edition of the Latin university play «Machiavellus» by Nathaniel Wiburne, accomplished by Michael Becker and Saskia Zinsser-Krys.

Contents:

I The Historical Jew p. 51

1 Anglo-Jewish History: William the Conqueror to Edward 1 p. 51

a First Settlement and Flourishing Community p. 51

b The Royal Milch-Cow p. 55

c Rising Animosity towards Jews p. 57

d The Turning Point p. 60

e The Expulsion p. 61

2 Jewish Individuals in Elizabethan London p. 66

a Spanish Inquisition and Marrano-Jews p. 66

b Marrano-Jews in England p. 69

c Eastern-European Jews in England p. 73

d Famous Isolated Cases - Maria Nunez, Dunstan Ames and Roderigo Lopez p. 74

e Secret Religious Practices and the Privy Council p. 77

f The False Conversion of Joseph Barnet p. 79

3 Elizabethan Attitude towards Jews p. 82

a The Confusion on Race vs. Religion p. 83

b Judaisers and Millenarians p. 87

c Jews as Cut-Throat Usurers p. 90

d 'Jew' as Term of Abuse p. 93

e Missing Emotions, Lying, Malice, Sorcery, Stubbornness, and Simplemindedness p. 96

f Ritual Murders - still present in the Elizabethan Mind p. 100

II The Imagined Jew p. 103

1 The Jew in Medieval Scare Stories p. 103

a The Well-Poisoner p. 105

b Christ-Murderer p. 106

c Child-Murderer p. 107

d Ritual Murder in Literature p. 110

Fabula Ineptissima p. 111

The Jew's Daughter p. 113

Geoffrey Chaucer's The Prioress's Tale p. 114

2 The Jew in Mystery Cycles and Miracle Plays p. 117

a The Corpus Christi Plays of England p. 117

York Cycle, Towneley Cycle, N-Town Plays, Chester Cycle p. 119

Performance Practices p. 123

b The Stage-Jew in the Corpus Christi Plays p. 126

Ridiculous Stage-Jew p. 127

Cruel and Blood-Thirsty Stage-Jew p. 131

Greedy Stage-Jew p. 137

c Stage-Judas in the Corpus Christi Plays p. 139

Greedy and Malicious Judas p. 139

The Remorse and Suicide of Judas p. 142

d Costuming, Reception, and Dramaturgical Function of the Stage-Jew p. 143

e The Croxton Play of the Blessed Sacrament p. 148

The Manuscript p. 149

Introduction of the Jewish Figure - Gold-Loving and Malicious Merchant p. 151

Curiosity and Cruelty against Christ p. 153

Conversion p. 155

f Summary: The Jew in Corpus Christi Cycles and Miracle Plays p. 157

3 The Jew in Travel Literature p. 161

a Jewish Living Situations: Ghettos and Garment Rules p. 164

b Skilled and Educated Jewish Merchants and Physicians p. 172

c Jews as Threat and Allies of Turks p. 174

d Jewish Worship and Rituals p. 175

e Jewish Reluctance to Acknowledge Christ p. 179

f Hospitable and Friendly Jews p. 181

III The Staged Jew p. 185

1 Between Travel Account and Drama: Thomas Nashe's The Vnfortvnate Traveller p. 185

a Zadoch and Zacharie: Greedy Cunning, and Cruel Jews p. 186

b Poison as Weapon p. 189

c Zacharie as Evil Physician p. 190

d Physiognomy p. 191

e The Punishment fits the Crime p. 192

f Allusions to Jews in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama p. 193

2 The Plays p. 195

a The Three Ladies of London p. 197 / Robert Wilson

b The Jew of Malta p. 200 / Christopher Marlowe

c Selimus p. 203 / Robert Greene

d The Merchant of Venice p. 206 / William Shakespeare

e Machiavellus p. 211 / Nathaniel Wiburne

f The Travailes of the three English Brothers p. 212 / John Day and George Wilkins and William Rowley

g A Christian Turn'd Turke p. 216 / Robert Daborne

h The Custom of the Country p. 219 / John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

i The Raging Turke p. 221 / Thomas Goffe

3 Male Stage-Jews p. 223

a The Money-Obsessed Merchant and Usurer p. 224

Skilled Merchants p. 224

Pure Money-Obsession p. 226

Greedy Usurers p. 238

b The Relentless Monster p. 254

True Malice: Wit, Plots and Scheming p. 255

Jew-Devil and Devil-Jew p. 264

Blood-Thirst, Cruelty and Joy at Killing p. 268

c The Physician armed with Poison p. 280

Jewish Stage-Physicians p. 280

Poison as Weapon p. 285

d The Family Man p. 292

The Father-Figure p. 292

The Jealous Husband-Figure p. 297

A Novel Motif p. 298

e The Gentle Jew p. 300

Gerontus p. 300

Mercadore p. 303

Positive Features of Stage-Jews in their Corrupt Milieus p. 305

4 Conversion - The Stage-Jewess p. 311

a Double Conversion p. 320 / Abigail

b Conversion through Marriage p. 324 / Jessica

c I'll be no convertite:" Male Conversion p. 331

False Conversion p. 336

Forced Conversion p. 340

IV The Meta-Jew p. 349

1 How Jewish is the Early Modern Stage-Jew? p. 349

a Introductions, Stage-Directions, and Speech-Prefixes p. 351

b Placing the Stage-Jew p. 357

c Stage-Jews without Judaism? p. 363

Plays Void of Jewish Rituals p. 363

Devout Ejaculations and Allusions to the Torah p. 367

Language and Speech Patterns p. 374

d The Red-Haired, Judas-Bearded, Hook-Nosed Comical

Villain: A Justified Axiom? p. 388

Costumes p. 388

Foetor Judaicus p. 394

Jewish Physiognomy p. 399

Tracing the Origin of the Axiom p. 401

Red Hair and Judas-Coloured Beard? p. 404

Bottle-Nose? p. 408

Dark-Skinned Stage-Jews? p. 412

Laughing-Stock Figure? p. 417

2 The Omnipresent Jew - a White Canvas? p. 427

a The Eternal Foreigner p. 427

b A Jewish Huguenot? p. 432.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783631715093

3631715099

OCLC:

974794490

Publisher Number:

99971699050