Shakespeare and the Jews

Shakespeare and the Jews
ISBN-10
0231541872
ISBN-13
9780231541879
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2016-03-08
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
James Shapiro

Description

First published in 1996, 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 has learned about intolerance since the first publication of Shakespeare and the Jews.

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