Shakespeare and the cultural politics of conversion / Stephen Wittek.
2022
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Title
Shakespeare and the cultural politics of conversion / Stephen Wittek.
Author
Wittek, Stephen, author.
ISBN
9783031119613 (electronic bk.)
3031119614 (electronic bk.)
9783031119606 (print)
3031119614 (electronic bk.)
9783031119606 (print)
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-11961-3 doi
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PR3024
Dewey Decimal Classification
822.3/3
Summary
This book 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 markedly 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, the book 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, theology, cultural studies, race studies, and gender studies. Stephen Wittek is Assistant 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 21 2022).
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Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)), 2634-5927
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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.
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.