Islamic conversion and Christian resistance on the early modern stage. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jane Hwang Degenhardt.
• Other Names: Degenhardt, Jane Hwang
• Contents: Cover -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Introduction Seduction, Resistance, and Redemption: 8220;Turning Turk8221; and the Embodiment of Christian Faith -- Chapter 1 Dangerous Fellowship: Universal Faith and its Bodily Limits in The Comedy of Errors and Othello -- Chapter 2 Recycled Models: Catholic Martyrdom and Embodied Resistance to Conversion in The Virgin Martyr and Other Red Bull Plays -- Chapter 3 Engendering Faith: Sexual Defilement and Spiritual Redemption in The Renegado -- Chapter 4 8220;Reforming8221; the Knights of Malta: Male Chastity and Temperance in Five Early Modern Plays -- Epilogue Turning Miscegenation into Tragicomedy (Or Not): Robert Greenes Orlando Furioso -- Notes -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 822.30938297; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism; Islam in literature; Muslim converts from Christianity; Islam -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 16th century; DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; RELIGION -- Islam -- General; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan; Islam in literature; Islam -- Social aspects; Muslim converts from Christianity; Drama -- englisches -- Motiv -- Islam; Islam; Konversion; Motiv; Drama; Englisch; Toneel; Engels; Islam; Bekering; England; Osmanisches Reich -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 16. Jh; Grossbritannien -- Osmanisches Reich -- Geschichte 16. Jh; Electronic books; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Motiv -- Drama -- englisches
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474402378; 1474402372; 9780748643202; 0748643206; 9780748686551
• Related ISBNs: 074868655X; 9780748640843; 0748640843
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-258) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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