Fictions of conversion : Jews, Christians, and cultures of change in early modern England /

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This book investigates the anxieties produced by the rapid and erratic religious, political, and cultural transformations in early modern England, which were often given shape in poetry, plays, and translations by the figure of the Jewish converso. The author argues that the vagaries of religious co...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Shoulson, Jeffrey S.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Édition:1st ed.
Sujets:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Christianity and other religions > Judaism > History > 17th century.
Religion and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Jews in literature > History and criticism.
Conversion in literature > History > 17th century.
Culture conflict in literature > History > 17th century.
Hebrew literature > Appreciation > England.
Jews > Conversion to Christianity.
Christianisme > Relations > Judaïsme > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Religion et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Juifs dans la littérature > Histoire et critique.
Conversion dans la littérature > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Conflit culturel dans la littérature > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature hébraïque > Appréciation > Angleterre.
Juifs > Conversion au christianisme.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christianity
Conversion in literature
Culture conflict in literature
English literature > Early modern
Hebrew literature > Appreciation
Interfaith relations
Jews > Conversion to Christianity
Jews in literature
Judaism
Religion and literature
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • "The Jews perverted and the Gentiles converted" : confessions and conversos
  • "Thy people shall be my people" : typology, gender, and biblical converts
  • "The meaning, not the name I call" : converting the Bible and Homer
  • Alchemies of conversion : Shakespeare, Jonson, Vaughan, and the science of Jewish transmutation
  • Conversion and enthusiasm : radical religion and the poetics of Paradise regained.

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