Islamic conversion and Christian resistance on the early modern stage /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Degenhardt, Jane Hwang
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2010]
Subjects:	English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism. Islam in literature. Muslim converts from Christianity, in literature. Islam > Social aspects > England > History > 16th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: seduction, resistance, and redemption : "turning Turk" and the embodiment of Christian faith
Dangerous fellowship : universal faith and its bodily limits in The comedy of errors and Othello
Recycled models : Catholic martyrdom and embodied resistance to conversion in The virgin martyr and other Red Bull plays
Engendering faith : sexual defilement and spiritual redemption in The renegado
"Reforming" the Knights of Malta : male chastity and temperance in five early modern plays
Epilogue : turning miscegenation into tragicomedy (or not) : Robert Greene's Orlando furioso.