Persian paradigms in early modern English drama : hospitable globalities / Sheiba Kian Kaufman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufman, Sheiba Kian, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English drama.

Iran--In literature.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Persian Paradigms in Early Modern English Drama examines the concept of early modern globality and the development of European toleration discourse through English representations of Persian monarchs and Persianate conceptions of hospitality as paradigms of interreligious and intercultural hospitality for early modern and Shakespearean drama. English playwrights depict Persia and its legendary monarchs, such as Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, and Darius, as alternative figures of cosmopolitanism in the period. By focusing on an archive of plays of Persia staged between 1561 and 1696 in conversation with Shakespeare's works, European peace proposals, legislative acts of toleration, and global traditions of hospitality found in Zoroastrianism, Islam, and the Judeo-Christian traditions, this book introduces Persianate conceptual lenses for literary analysis of English literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 8, 2025).

ISBN:

0-19-896671-7

OCLC:

1527166410