SHAKESPEARE AND THE JEWS by James Shapiro ( 9780231178679 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SHAKESPEARE AND THE JEWS

By:

James Shapiro

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0231178670

ISBN 13:

9780231178679

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Publisher:

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

8 March, 2016

Edition:

20th edition

Pages:

320

Description:

James Shapiro's unvarnished look at how Jews were portrayed in Elizabethan England challenged scholars to recognize the significance of Jewish questions in Shakespeare's day. From accounts of Christians masquerading as Jews to fantasies of settling foreign Jews in Ireland, Shapiro's work delves deeply into the cultural insecurities of Elizabethans while illuminating Shakespeare's portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. In a new preface, Shapiro reflects upon what he failed to understand about intolerance when the book was first published.

Synopsis:

First published in 1996, James Shapiro's pathbreaking analysis of the portrayal of Jews in Elizabethan England challenged readers to recognize the significance of Jewish questions in Shakespeare's day. From accounts of Christians masquerading as Jews to fantasies of settling foreign Jews in Ireland, Shapiro's work delves deeply into the cultural insecurities of Elizabethans while illuminating Shakespeare's portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. In a new preface, Shapiro reflects upon what he has learned about intolerance since the first publication of Shakespeare and the Jews.

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15 b&w illustrations

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Columbia University Press

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Returnable

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