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Author:

Shoulson, Jeffrey S.

Title:

Fictions of conversion : Jews, Christians, and cultures of change in early modern England / Jeffrey S. Shoulson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Philadelphia,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

263 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Christianity and other religions--History--History--17th century.
Religion and literature--England--History--17th century.
Jews in literature--History and criticism.
Conversion in literature--History--17th century.
Culture conflict in literature--History--17th century.
Hebrew literature--Appreciation--England.
Jews--Conversion to Christianity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-253) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- "The Jews perverted and the Gentiles converted": confessions and conversos -- "Thy people shall be my people": typology, gender, and biblical converts -- "The meaning, not the name I call": converting the Bible and Homer -- Alchemies of conversion: Shakespeare, Jonson, Vaughan, and the science of Jewish transmutation -- Conversion and enthusiasm: radical religion and the poetics of Paradise regained.

ISBN:

0812244826 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780812244823 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)822229951

LCCN:

2012049821

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)