Becoming Christian : Race, Reformation, and Early Modern English Romance /

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"Examines early modern English literary representations of Jews and Muslims converting to Christianity alongside English translations of Calvin's writings, polemical writings, treaties on the sacraments, catechisms, and sermons. Demonstrates that the development of a theology of race in po...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Britton, Dennis Austin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Conversion > Christianity > History.
Race in literature.
Muslims in literature.
Jews in literature.
Christians in literature.
Conversion in literature.
Religion and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Religion and literature > England > History > 16th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note:
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Not Turning the Ethiope White
  • 1. "The Baptiz'd Race"
  • 2. Ovidian Baptism in Book 2 of The Faerie Queene
  • 3. Infidel Texts and Errant Sexuality: Translation, Reading, and Conversion in Harington's Orlando Furioso
  • 4. Transformative and Restorative Romance: Re-'turning' Othello and the Location of Christian Identity
  • 5. Reproducing Christians: Salvation, Race, and Gender on the Early Modern English Stage
  • Afterword: A Political Afterlife of a Theology of Race and Conversion.

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