Wittek Shakespeare and the Cultural Politics of Conversion

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-11961-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Early Modern Literature in History

Shakespeare and the Cultural Politics of Conversion

 takes a close look at Shakespeare’s engagement with the flurry of controversy and activity surrounding the concept of conversion in post-Reformation England. For playhouse audiences during the period, conversional thought encompassed a diverse, fluid amalgamation of ideas, practices, and arguments centered on the means by which an individual could move from one category of identity to another. In an analysis that includes chapter-length readings of 

The Taming of the Shrew

, 

Henry IV Part I

, 

The Merchant of Venice

, Othello, and 

The Tempest

, Professor Stephen Wittek argues that Shakespearean drama made a unique and substantive intervention in public discourse surrounding conversion, and continues to speak meaningfully about conversional experience for audiences in the present age. It will be of particular benefit to students and scholars with an interest in theatrical history, performance theory, cultural studies, race studies, and gender studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wittek, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: Turning into Other Things.- Chapter 2: What We Talk About When We Talk About Conversion.- Chapter 3: Conversion, Coercion, and Persuasion in 
The Taming of the Shrew.-
Chapter 4:
 
The Politics of Conversion in 
Henry IV, Part 1.-
Chapter 5:
 
Conversional Transactions in 
The Merchant of Venice.-
Chapter 6:
 
Citizenship and Conversion in 
Othello.-
Chapter 7:
 
Colonialism and Conversion in 
The Tempest.

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Wittek
 is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. He is the author of 
The Media Players: Shakespeare, Middleton, Jonson, and the Idea of News 
(2015), and co-editor of two multi-authored collections: 
Performing Conversion: Cities, Theatre and Early Modern Transformations 
(2021) and 
Shakespeare and Virtual Reality
 (2021). His work has also appeared in journals including 
Studies in English Literature
, 
Digital Humanities Quarterly
, and 
Journal of Cognitive History
.