Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 264 pages)
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Illustrations, maps
ISBN:
9781474402378
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1474402372
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9780748643202
,
0748643206
Content:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-258) and index
Additional Edition:
9780748640843
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
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