Strands Afar Remote: Israeli Perspectives on ShakespeareThis book is a collection of essays on Shakespeare and his contemporaries by Israeli writers. Topic matter includes friendship and love in the Merchant of Venice, Augustinian metaphor in As You Like It, motive, and meaning in All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare's translation into Hebrew, and so forth, as well as an afterword by the editor. |
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Contents
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Jew Moor and the Boundaries of Discourse in The Merchant of Venice | 38 |
St Augustine Metaphor in As You Like It | 51 |
The Desire for Representation and the Rape of Voice | 62 |
Identity and Agency in Shakespeares | 87 |
Motive and Meaning in Alls Well That Ends Well | 113 |
The Isolation of the Tragic Protagonist | 138 |
The Politics of Tamburlaine and Julius Caesar | 151 |
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| Title | Strands Afar Remote: Israeli Perspectives on Shakespeare International studies in Shakespeare and his contemporaries Toxicology and Environmental Health Series |
| Editor | Avraham Oz |
| Contributors | Avraham ʿOz, International Shakespeare Association |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Delaware Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0874135974, 9780874135978 |
| Length | 307 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Drama Literary Criticism / Shakespeare |
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