Shakespeare and the cultural politics of conversion / Stephen Wittek.

This book takes a close look at Shakespeare's engagement with the flurry of controversy and activity surrounding the concept of conversion in post-Reformation England. For playhouse audiences during the period, conversional thought encompassed a markedly diverse, fluid amalgamation of ideas, pr...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Wittek, Stephen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Series:Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Turning into Other Things
  • Chapter 2: What We Talk About When We Talk About Conversion
  • Chapter 3: Conversion, Coercion, and Persuasion in The Taming of the Shrew
  • Chapter 4: The Politics of Conversion in Henry IV, Part 1
  • Chapter 5: Conversional Transactions in The Merchant of Venice
  • Chapter 6: Citizenship and Conversion in Othello
  • Chapter 7: Colonialism and Conversion in The Tempest.