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Author Adelman, Janet.

Title Blood relations : Christian and Jew in the Merchant of Venice / Janet Adelman
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 226 pages)
Contents Introduction : strangers within Christianity -- Leaving the Jew's house : father, son, and elder brother -- Her father's blood : conversion, race, and nation -- Incising Antonio : the Jew within
Summary In 'Blood Relations', Janet Adelman confronts her resistance to 'The Merchant of Venice' as both a critic and a Jew. She argues that the play frames the uneasy relationship between Christian and Jew specifically in familial terms in order to recapitulate the vexed relationship between Christianity and Judaism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Jews
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Antonio
Shylock (Fictitious character)
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Shylock (Fictitious character) fast
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 The merchant of Venice gnd
Shakespeare, William. swd
Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William) fast
Merchant of Venice. swd
Subject Religion and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
Religion and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
Christians in literature.
Jews in literature.
Antisemitism in literature.
Religion in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
Antisemitism in literature
Christians in literature
Jews in literature
Religion and literature
Religion in literature
Christentum Motiv
Judentum Motiv
England
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226006833
0226006832
1281959014
9781281959010