Islamic conversion and Christian resistance on the early modern stage /
Degenhardt, Jane Hwang.
Islamic conversion and Christian resistance on the early modern stage / Jane Hwang Degenhardt. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations, maps -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-258) and index.
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.
This book explores the theme of Christian conversion to Islam in 12 early-modern English plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger and others. In these works, conversion from Christianity to Islam is represented as both erotic and tragic: as a sexual seduction and a fate worse than death. Degenhardt examines the theatre's treatment of the intercourse between the Christian and Islamic faiths to reveal connections between sexuality, race and confessional identity in early modern English drama and culture. In addition, she shows how England's encounter with Islam reanimated post-Reformation debates about the embodiment of Christian faith. As Degenhardt compellingly demonstrates, the erotics of conversion added fuel to the fires of controversies over Pauline universalism, Christian martyrdom, the efficacy of relics and rituals and the ideals of the Knights of Malta.
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Islam--Motiv--Drama--englisches.
1500-1600
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Islam in literature.
Muslim converts from Christianity.
Islam--Social aspects--History--England--16th century.
Théâtre anglais--Histoire et critique.--16e siècle
Islam dans la littérature.
Chrétiens convertis à l'islam.
Islam--Aspect social--Histoire--Angleterre--16e siècle.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.
Islam in literature.
Islam--Social aspects.
Muslim converts from Christianity.
Toneel.
Engels.
Islam.
Bekering.
Drama--Motiv--Islam.--englisches
Islam.
Konversion.
Motiv.
Drama.
Englisch.
England.
Osmanisches Reich--Grossbritannien--Geschichte 16. Jh.
Grossbritannien--Osmanisches Reich--Geschichte 16. Jh.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR658.M87 / D444 2010eb
822.30938297
Islamic conversion and Christian resistance on the early modern stage / Jane Hwang Degenhardt. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations, maps -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-258) and index.
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.
This book explores the theme of Christian conversion to Islam in 12 early-modern English plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger and others. In these works, conversion from Christianity to Islam is represented as both erotic and tragic: as a sexual seduction and a fate worse than death. Degenhardt examines the theatre's treatment of the intercourse between the Christian and Islamic faiths to reveal connections between sexuality, race and confessional identity in early modern English drama and culture. In addition, she shows how England's encounter with Islam reanimated post-Reformation debates about the embodiment of Christian faith. As Degenhardt compellingly demonstrates, the erotics of conversion added fuel to the fires of controversies over Pauline universalism, Christian martyrdom, the efficacy of relics and rituals and the ideals of the Knights of Malta.
9781474402378 1474402372 9780748643202 (electronic bk.) 0748643206 (electronic bk.) 9780748686551 074868655X 6612899778 9786612899775
9786612899775
289977 MIL 22573/cttk0rrr JSTOR
GBB8K8277 bnb GBC124166 bnb
017741902 Uk 019112805 Uk 020078113 Uk
Islam--Motiv--Drama--englisches.
1500-1600
English drama--History and criticism.--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
Islam in literature.
Muslim converts from Christianity.
Islam--Social aspects--History--England--16th century.
Théâtre anglais--Histoire et critique.--16e siècle
Islam dans la littérature.
Chrétiens convertis à l'islam.
Islam--Aspect social--Histoire--Angleterre--16e siècle.
DRAMA--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan.
Islam in literature.
Islam--Social aspects.
Muslim converts from Christianity.
Toneel.
Engels.
Islam.
Bekering.
Drama--Motiv--Islam.--englisches
Islam.
Konversion.
Motiv.
Drama.
Englisch.
England.
Osmanisches Reich--Grossbritannien--Geschichte 16. Jh.
Grossbritannien--Osmanisches Reich--Geschichte 16. Jh.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR658.M87 / D444 2010eb
822.30938297