| 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 |
| Analysis |
william shakespeare, play, drama, the merchant of venice, 16th century, large loan, money, finances, christian, christianity, jew, jewish, judaism, religion, religious representation, moneylender, shylock, humanity, mercy, english, literature, literary, familial terms, tension, conversion, anxiety, guilt, dependence, renaissance england, characters, character study, race, national, nation, antisemitism, antonio, fiction, fictional |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Merchant of Venice.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Jews
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Antonio
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Shylock (Fictitious character)
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
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Shylock (Fictitious character) |
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Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 The merchant of Venice |
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Shakespeare, William. |
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Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare, William) fast |
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Merchant of Venice. swd |
| Subject |
Religion and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Religion and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
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Christians in literature.
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Jews in literature.
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Antisemitism in literature.
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Religion in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Shakespeare.
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DRAMA -- Shakespeare.
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Antisemitism in literature
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Christians in literature
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Jews in literature
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Religion and literature
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Religion in literature
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Christentum Motiv
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Judentum Motiv
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226006833 |
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0226006832 |
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1281959014 |
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9781281959010 |
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