Shakespeare and the Cultural Politics of Conversion

AvStephen Wittek

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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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, fluid amalgamation of ideas, practices, and arguments centered on the means by which an individual could move from one category of identity to another. In an analysis that includes chapter-length readings of The Taming of the Shrew, Henry IV Part I, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and The Tempest, Professor Stephen Wittek argues that Shakespearean drama made a unique and substantive intervention in public discourse surrounding conversion, and continues to speak meaningfully about conversional experience for audiences in the present age. It will be of particular benefit to students and scholars with an interest in theatrical history, performance theory, cultural studies, race studies, and gender studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-19
Mått:148 x 210 x 12 mm
Vikt:286 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Early Modern Literature in History
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031119637

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Stephen Wittek is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He is the author of The Media Players: Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News (2015), and co-editor of two multi-authored collections: Performing Conversion: Cities, Theatre and Early Modern Transformations (2021) and Shakespeare and Virtual Reality (2021). His work has also appeared in journals including Studies in English Literature, Digital Humanities Quarterly, and Journal of Cognitive History.

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“Stephen Wittek’s monograph is best understood—and he does situate it—in the context of recent humanities-centred investigations of conversion that rely on cultural studies approaches. These recent books and essay collections build on both theologically focused and social science (especially psychological) studies of religious conversion while putting more emphasis on textual evidence, especially on the textuality of conversion accounts and representations. Shakespeare and the Cultural Politics of Conversion helpfully summarizes much of this existing scholarship ... .” (Erin E Kelley, Renaissance and Reformation, Vol. 46 (1), 2023)

Innehållsförteckning

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.