Shakespeare and the Jews

By James Shapiro

Book Overview

Most educated readers are familiar with the sinister figure of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, an anti-Semitic stereotype of the cunning, greedy, and ruthless Jewish man. But how did a stereotype like Shylock enter the literature at all, given that there were so few Jews in Shakespeare's England?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231103441
• ISBN13: 9780231103442
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"