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Is Shylock Jewish? Citing Scripture and the Moral Agency of Shakespeare's Jews (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy) (in English)
Sara Coodin (Author)
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Edinburgh University Press
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Is Shylock Jewish? Citing Scripture and the Moral Agency of Shakespeare's Jews (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy) (in English) - Sara Coodin
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Synopsis "Is Shylock Jewish? Citing Scripture and the Moral Agency of Shakespeare's Jews (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy) (in English)"
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. Key Features Analyses alternative contexts for the moral agency of Jewish characters in The Merchant of Venice Provides an innovative study of Renaissance Christian Hebraism in England and English perceptions of Jews and Jewishness in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries Discusses important nineteenth- and twentieth-century Yiddish-language adaptations of The Merchant of Venice Makes a provocative and original argument about the importance of Judaic biblical exegesis to the long afterlife of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
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