Reading the Jewish Woman on the Elizabethan Stage

(Part of the Women and Gender in the Early Modern World Series)

by Michelle Ephraim

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The first book-length examination of Jewish women in Renaissance drama, this study explores fictional representations of the female Jew in academic, private and public stage performances during Queen Elizabeth I's reign; it links lesser-known dramatic adaptations of the biblical Rebecca, Deborah, and Esther with the Jewish daughters made famous by Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare on the popular stage. Drawing upon original research on early...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1138278262

ISBN13:9781138278264

Release Date:December 2016

Publisher:Routledge

Length:192 Pages

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