Ebook: Shakespeare and the Jews
Author: Shakespeare William, Shapiro James
- Tags: Jews, Jews--History--16th century, Jews--History--17th century, Jews--History--18th century, Jews in literature, Judaism in literature, Judaïsme dans la littérature, Juifs dans la littérature, Juifs--Histoire--16e siècle, Juifs--Histoire--17e siècle, Juifs--Histoire--18e siècle, Shylock (Personnage fictif), Ressources Internet, History, Shakespeare William -- 1564-1616. -- Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare William -- 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Jews, Shylock -- (Fictitious character), Shakespeare William -- 1
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- City: New York
- Edition: Twentieth anniversary edition, with a new preface
- Language: English
- epub
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.--;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.
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