Islamic conversion and Christian resistance on the early modern stage /

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This book explores the theme of Christian conversion to Islam in 12 early-modern English plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger and others. In these works, conversion from Christianity to Islam is represented as both erotic and tragic: as a sexual seduction and a fate worse than death. Degenhardt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Degenhardt, Jane Hwang (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2010].
Temas:
Islam > Motiv > Drama > englisches.
1500-1600
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
Islam in literature.
Muslim converts from Christianity.
Islam > Social aspects > England > History > 16th century.
Religion in literature.
Religion and drama > History > 16th century.
Muslim converts from Christianity > In literature.
Théâtre anglais > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Islam dans la littérature.
Chrétiens convertis à l'islam.
Islam > Aspect social > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Religion dans la littérature.
Religion et théâtre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Chrétiens convertis à l'islam > Dans la littérature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan
Islam in literature
Islam > Social aspects
Muslim converts from Christianity
Toneel.
Engels.
Islam.
Bekering.
Drama > englisches > Motiv > Islam.
Konversion.
Motiv.
Drama.
Englisch.
England
Osmanisches Reich > Grossbritannien > Geschichte 16. Jh.
Grossbritannien > Osmanisches Reich > Geschichte 16. Jh.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: seduction, resistance, and redemption : "turning Turk" and the embodiment of Christian faith
  • Dangerous fellowship : universal faith and its bodily limits in The comedy of errors and Othello
  • Recycled models : Catholic martyrdom and embodied resistance to conversion in The virgin martyr and other Red Bull plays
  • Engendering faith : sexual defilement and spiritual redemption in The renegado
  • "Reforming" the Knights of Malta : male chastity and temperance in five early modern plays
  • Epilogue : turning miscegenation into tragicomedy (or not) : Robert Greene's Orlando furioso.

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