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Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the edges of Europe were under pressure from the Ottoman Turks. This book explores how Shakespeare and his c
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-20 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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No story was more interesting to Shakespeare and his contemporaries than that of Troy, partly because the story of Troy was in a sense the story of England, sin
Islamic Conversion and Christian Resistance on the Early Modern Stage
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Jane Hwang Degenhardt
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-19 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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This book explores the threat of Christian conversion to Islam in twelve early modern English plays. In works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger, and others, co
Arden of Faversham: A Critical Reader
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One of the earliest domestic tragedies, Arden of Faversham is a powerful Elizabethan drama based on the real-life murder of Thomas Arden. This Critical Reader p
Transnational Exchange in Early Modern Theater
Language: en
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Authors: Robert Henke
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Emphasizing a performative and stage-centered approach, this book considers early modern European theater as an international phenomenon. Early modern theater w