Title Traffic and turning : Islam and English drama, 1579-1624 / Jonathan Burton

Published Newark : University of Delaware Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations Contents Anglo-Ottoman traffic and the image of the Turk in Tamburlaine -- A Christian [not] turned Turk: conversion and desire, part 1 -- A Turk turned Christian: conversion and desire, part 2 -- Traffic in the streets, Turks in the closet: pageant Muslims and Greville's Mustapha -- "It dus me good, dat me have coosend de Jew": Christians, Turks, and Jews on the early modern stage -- "Bondslaves and pagans shall our statesmen be": Othello, Leo Africanus, and Muslim abassadors to Europe Summary "In the period between 1579 and 1624 over sixty dramatic works featuring Islamic themes, characters, or settings were produced in England. Muslim figures were prominent in every genre of dramatic performance, from comedy, romance, and tragedy to civic pageantry and closet drama. More than just a survey of these plays, Traffic and Turning argues that the literature of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England cannot be read without reference to the epistemological effect on Europe of its encounters with the Islamic world. Bringing together disparate materials to outline the discourse on Muslims, the book offers an extended discussion of the theater and its place in this discourse, while presenting important methodological and theoretical theses with regard to the analysis of cross-cultural encounters in early modern England. It will be of interest to all those interested in questions of early modern contact history, English relations with Islam and the East, English theater history, and cultural politics."--BOOK JACKET Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-311) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject English drama -- Islamic influences English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism Islam and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century Islam and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism Christianity and other religions -- Islam. Islam -- Relations -- Christianity. English drama -- Turkic influences Muslims in literature. Islam in literature. Turks in literature. Christianity English drama English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan Interfaith relations Islam Islam and literature Islam in literature Literature Muslims in literature Public opinion, English Turks in literature SUBJECT Islamic countries -- Foreign public opinion, English Islamic countries -- In literature Turkey -- In literature Subject England Islamic countries Turkey Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2004030755 ISBN 0845346180 9780845346181

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