The Early Modern Stage-Jew : Heritage, Inspiration, and Concepts – With the first edition of Nathaniel Wiburne’s «Machiavellus» Hardback
by Saskia Zinsser-Krys
Part of the Kulturelle Identitaeten. Studien zur Entwicklung der europaeischen Kulturen der Neuzeit / Cultural I series
Hardback
Description
This book investigates the contemporary conceptions of the Jewish figure on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage.
Taking on what has been said about Shakespeare’s Shylock and Marlowe’s Barabas in the last centuries, the author analyses seven other, largely ignored plays to enhance the image we have today of the early modern stage-Jew.
In tracing the image of Jewish figures in medieval literature and in early modern travel reports, the foundation of the Elizabethan idea of ‘Jewishness’ is laid out.
Further, the author challenges some arguments which have become axiomatic over time, such as the notion of the red-haired, hook-nosed comical villain.
The book also contains a first edition of the Latin university play «Machiavellus» by Nathaniel Wiburne, accomplished by Michael Becker and Saskia Zinsser-Krys.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:539 pages, 13 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:21/03/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9783631715093
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:539 pages, 13 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:21/03/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9783631715093
