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Was Shakespeare a Jew? : uncovering the Marrano influences in his life and writing /
This biography of Shakespeare presents a new perspective on the debate surrounding the real identity of William Shakespeare. Muller suggests that Shakespeare was a crypto-Jew who took care to hide his Jewish origins and that Elizabethan authorities, who were aware of this fact, attempted to eliminat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Lewiston, N.Y. :
Edwin Mellen Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This biography of Shakespeare presents a new perspective on the debate surrounding the real identity of William Shakespeare. Muller suggests that Shakespeare was a crypto-Jew who took care to hide his Jewish origins and that Elizabethan authorities, who were aware of this fact, attempted to eliminate any trace of his Jewish origins by making him an Anglo-Saxon hero. Using official documents that have not been employed by other scholars, Muller brings forth evidence that Shakespeare?s father was a Jew living in an England where Jews had been banned since the time of Edward I and the Act of Expu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 344 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color), map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773417182 0773417184 |