Shapiro, James,  1955- <br/><br/>
Shakespeare and the Jews /James Shapiro. 

 - Twentieth anniversary edition.ition, with a new preface. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>1. False Jews and Counterfeit Christians --  2. Myths, Histories, Consequences --  3. The Jewish Crime --  4. "The Pound of Flesh" --  5. The Hebrew Will Turn Christian --  6. Race, Nation, or Alien? --  7. Shakespeare and the Jew Bill of 1753. 
<br/><br/> James Shapiro's pathbreaking analysis of the portrayal of Jews in Elizabethan England challenged readers to recognize the significance of Jewish questions in Shakespeare's day. From accounts of Christians masquerading as Jews to fantasies of settling foreign Jews in Ireland, Shapiro's work delves deeply into the cultural insecurities of Elizabethans while illuminating Shakespeare's portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. In a new preface, Shapiro reflects upon what he failed to understand about intolerance since the first publication.-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231541879 9780231178679 9780231103442 9780231103459 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shylock (Fictitious character) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jews--History--16th century.<br/>Jews--History--18th century.<br/>Judaism in literature.<br/>Jews in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR2825  / .S535 2016