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Fictions of conversion : Jews, Christians, and cultures of change in early modern England
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- Creator
- Jeffrey S. Shoulson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- University of Pennsylvania Press : Philadelphia, [2013]
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- 263 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780812208191, 0812244826, 1322511896, 0812208196, 9780812244823
- OCLC
- on1054872294, on1042028269, on1047000577, on1049627165, on1037980459, ocn822229951, ocn858601668, on1046605258, on1024008084, ocn979684966
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-253) and index.
- Introduction -- "The Jews perverted and the Gentiles converted": confessions and conversos -- "Thy people shall be my people": typology, gender, and biblical converts -- "The meaning, not the name I call": converting the Bible and Homer -- Alchemies of conversion: Shakespeare, Jonson, Vaughan, and the science of Jewish transmutation -- Conversion and enthusiasm: radical religion and the poetics of Paradise regained
Subjects
- 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.