Shakespeare and the Jews / James Shapiro.
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'...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | Twentieth anniversary edition, with a new preface. |
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| 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.-- |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231178670 9780231178679 |