Fictions of Conversion : Jews, Christians, and Cultures of Change in Early Modern England /

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The fraught history of England's Long Reformation is a convoluted if familiar story: in the space of twenty-five years, England changed religious identity three times. In 1534 England broke from the papacy with the Act of Supremacy that made Henry VIII head of the church; nineteen years later t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shoulson, Jeffrey S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Temas:
American poetry.
Christianity and other religions > Judaism > History > 17th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Jews in literature > History and criticism.
Religion and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Religious Studies.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Cultural Studies.
Literature.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Religion.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. "The Jews Perverted and the Gentiles Converted": Confessions and Conversos
  • Chapter 2. "Thy People Shall Be My People": Typology, Gender, and Biblical Converts
  • Chapter 3. "The Meaning, Not the Name I Call": Converting the Bible and Homer
  • Chapter 4. Alchemies of Conversion: Shakespeare, Jonson, Vaughan, and the Science of Jewish Transmutation
  • Chapter 5. Conversion and Enthusiasm: Radical Religion and the Poetics of Paradise Regained
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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