Islamic conversion and christian resistance on the early modern stage
Auteur :
Degenhardt, Jane Hwang
Éditeur :
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN :
9780748640843
Date de publication :
19 août 2010
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
405 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores the threat of Christian conversion to Islam in twelve early modern English plays. In works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger, and others, conversion from Christianity to Islam is represented as both tragic and erotic, as a fate worse than death and as a sexual seduction.