Shakespeare and the Jews / / James Shapiro.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Shapiro, James,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: twentieth anniversary edition
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 15 b&w illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition --; Acknowledgments --; A Note on Texts --; Introduction --; 1. False Jews and Counterfeit Christians --; 2. Myths, Histories, Consequences --; 3. The Jewish Crime --; 4. "The Pound of Flesh" --; 5. The Hebrew Will Turn Christian --; 6. Race, Nation, or Alien? --; 7. Shakespeare and the Jew Bill of 1753 --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Select Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231541879; 9783110638578; 9783110485103; 9783110485264
• DOI: 10.7312/shap17866
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James Shapiro.

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.