Shakespeare and the Cultural Politics of Conversion

Shakespeare and the Cultural Politics of Conversion takes a close look at Shakespeare’s engagement with the flurry of controversy and activity surrounding the concept of conversion in post-Reformation England. For playhouse audiences during the period, conversional thought encompassed a diverse, flu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wittek, Stephen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Early Modern Literature in History
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: Turning into Other Things
  • Chapter 2: What We Talk About When We Talk About Conversion
  • Chapter 3: Conversion, Coercion, and Persuasion in The Taming of the Shrew
  • Chapter 4: The Politics of Conversion in Henry IV, Part 1
  • Chapter 5: Conversional Transactions in The Merchant of Venice
  • Chapter 6: Citizenship and Conversion in Othello
  • Chapter 7: Colonialism and Conversion in The Tempest