Fictions of conversion : Jews, Christians, and cultures of change in early modern England / Jeffrey S. Shoulson
- Author
- Shoulson, Jeffrey S.
- Published
- University of Pennsylvania Press : Philadelphia, [2013]
- Copyright Date
- ©2013
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description
- 263 pages ; 24 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 "The Jews Perverted and the Gentiles Converted": Confessions and Conversos -- ch. 2 "Thy People Shall Be My People": Typology, Gender, and Biblical Converts -- ch. 3 "The Meaning, Not the Name I Call": Converting the Bible and Homer -- ch. 4 Alchemies of Conversion: Shakespeare, Jonson, Vaughan, and the Science of Jewish Transmutation -- ch. 5 Conversion and Enthusiasm: Radical Religion and the Poetics of Paradise Regained.
- Subject(s)
- English literature—Early modern, 1500-1700—History and criticism
- Christianity and other religions—Judaism—History—17th century
- Religion and literature—England—History—17th century
- Jews in literature—History and criticism
- Conversion in literature—History—17th century
- Culture conflict in literature—History—17th century
- Hebrew literature—Appreciation—England
- Jews—Conversion to Christianity
- ISBN
- 9780812244823 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0812244826 (hardcover : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-253) and index.
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