{"product_id":"fictions-of-conversion-9780812244823","title":"Fictions of Conversion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFictions of Conversion investigates the anxieties produced by the rapid and erratic religious, political, and cultural transformations in early modern England, which were often given shape in poetry, plays, and translations by the figure of the Jewish converso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jeffrey Shoulson's smart, original book leads us to see hitherto unsuspected connections between early modern English concerns with \"conversion\" (both narrowly and broadly defined) and \"the figure of Jew,\" encouraging others to follow the paths he has charted here.\" * AJS Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFictions of Conversion\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and important book. Ambitious, beautifully written, and sweeping while not losing sight of historical context or of the telling detail, it offers a new analysis of a crucial topic, and connects that analysis to a number of compelling readings of literary works both familiar and less so.\" * Katherine Eggert, University of Colorado at Boulder *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. \"The Jews Perverted and the Gentiles Converted\": Confessions and \u003ci\u003eConversos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. \"Thy People Shall Be My People\": Typology, Gender, and Biblical Converts\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. \"The Meaning Not the Name I Call\": Converting the Bible and Homer\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Alchemies of Conversion: Shakespeare, Jonson, Vaughan, and the Science of Jewish Transmutation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Conversion and Enthusiasm: Radical Religion and the Poetics of \u003ci\u003eParadise Regained\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405721313623,"sku":"9780812244823","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812244823.jpg?v=1730493388","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fictions-of-conversion-9780812244823","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}