Is Shylock Jewish? : citing scripture and the moral agency of Shakespeare's Jews / Sara Coodin.

By:

Coodin, Sara [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Edinburgh critical studies in Shakespeare and philosophyPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (xv, 256 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781474418393
1474418392

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Is Shylock Jewish?DDC classification:

822.33 23

LOC classification:

PR2825 .C595 2017eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Introduction: Is Shylock Jewish? -- Renaissance England and the Jews -- Parti-coloured parables -- Stolen daughters and stolen idols -- Rebellious daughters on the Yiddish stage.

Summary: A detailed exploration of the significance of Hebrew Biblical stories in The Merchant of Venice. What happens when we consider Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice as a play with 'real' Jewish characters who are not mere ciphers for anti-Semitic Elizabethan stereotypes? Is Shylock Jewish studies Shakespeare's extensive use of stories from the Hebrew Bible in The Merchant of Venice, and argues that Shylock and his daughter Jessica draw on recognizably Jewish ways of engaging with those narratives throughout the play. By examining the legacy of Jewish exegesis and cultural lore surrounding these biblical episodes, this book traces the complexity and richness of Merchant's Jewish aspect, spanning encounters with Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the early modern world as well as modern adaptations of Shakespeare's play on the Yiddish stage.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Is Shylock Jewish? -- Renaissance England and the Jews -- Parti-coloured parables -- Stolen daughters and stolen idols -- Rebellious daughters on the Yiddish stage.

Print version record.

A detailed exploration of the significance of Hebrew Biblical stories in The Merchant of Venice. What happens when we consider Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice as a play with 'real' Jewish characters who are not mere ciphers for anti-Semitic Elizabethan stereotypes? Is Shylock Jewish studies Shakespeare's extensive use of stories from the Hebrew Bible in The Merchant of Venice, and argues that Shylock and his daughter Jessica draw on recognizably Jewish ways of engaging with those narratives throughout the play. By examining the legacy of Jewish exegesis and cultural lore surrounding these biblical episodes, this book traces the complexity and richness of Merchant's Jewish aspect, spanning encounters with Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the early modern world as well as modern adaptations of Shakespeare's play on the Yiddish stage.

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