Shakespeare and the Jews

ISBN-13: 9780231178679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 320 str.

James (Columbia University) Shapiro

Opis

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.

O autorze

James Shapiro ist Professor für Anglistik und vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft an der Columbia Universität in New York. Er ist der Autor des Werkes "Shakespeare and the Jews" und lebt in New York City.