Shakespeare and the Jews Shapiro, James S. 1955- creator text xx# monographic eng IX, 317 S. : Ill. Going against the grain of the dominant scholarship on the period, which generally ignores the impact of Jewish questions in early modern England, James Shapiro shows how Elizabethans imagined Jews to be utterly different from themselves - in religion, race, nationality, and even sexuality. From strange cases of Christians masquerading as Jews to bizarre proposals to settle foreign Jews in Ireland, Shakespeare and the Jews looks into the crisis of cultural identity in that post-Reformation world. Even as Shakespeare has come to embody Englishness itself, The Merchant of Venice, with its exploration of Jewish criminality, conversion, race, alien status, and national identity, now stands at the crossroads of cultural exclusion and cultural longing. In this formidably researched new book, Shapiro sheds fascinating light on the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries and opens new questions about culture and identity in Elizabethan England. James Shapiro. Beeldvorming Engels Joden Judaïsme dans la littérature Juifs - Histoire - 16e siècle Juifs - Histoire - 17e siècle Juifs - Histoire - 18e siècle Juifs dans la littérature Letterkunde Shylock (Personnage fictif) Darstellung Englisch Geschichte Juden Literatur Jews in literature Jews History 16th century Jews History 17th century Jews History 18th century Judaism in literature Shylock (Fictitious character) Juden Juden Großbritannien Shakespeare, William <1564-1616> - Personnages - Juifs Shakespeare, William <1564-1616> / Merchant of Venice Shakespeare, William <1564-1616> Shakespeare, William <1564-1616> Characters Jews Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Shylock Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Geschichte 1700-1800 rswkuebers Geschichte 1600-1700 rswkuebers Geschichte 1500-1600 rswkuebers Geschichte 1500-1753 gnd rswk-swf PR2825 822.3/3 GB 5.2163 HI 3385 0-231-10344-1 0-231-10345-X http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007183324&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA ANTI FREIZ 739----- 960515 20160602 990002731710302884