The Early Modern Stage-Jew; Heritage, Inspiration, and Concepts - With the first edition of Nathaniel Wiburne's Machiavellus

The Early Modern Stage-Jew; Heritage, Inspiration, and Concepts - With the first edition of Nathaniel Wiburne's Machiavellus

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book investigates the contemporary conceptions of the Jewish figure on the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage. Taking on what has been said about Shakespeare's Shylock and Marlowe's Barabas in the last centuries, the author analyses seven other, largely ignored plays to enhance the image we have today of the early modern stage-Jew. In tracing the image of Jewish figures in medieval literature and in early modern travel reports, the foundation of the Elizabethan idea of 'Jewishness' is laid out. Further, the author challenges some arguments which have become axiomatic over time, such as the notion of the red-haired, hook-nosed comical villain. The book also contains a first edition of the Latin university play (S0(BMachiavellus(S1(B by Nathaniel Wiburne, accomplished by Michael Becker and Saskia Zinsser-Krys.

Book information

ISBN: 9783631715093
Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint: Peter Lang Edition
Pub date:
Edition: 1st edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 539
Weight: 788g
Height: 154mm
Width: 214mm
Spine width: 40mm