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The positive image of the Jew in the 'comedia'

Title: The positive image of the Jew in the 'comedia' / Andrew Herskovits.
Author: Herskovits, Andrew, 1929-
Publication: Oxford [England] ; New York : Peter Lang, 2005.

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Description

352 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Argues, contrary to most scholarly opinion, that while on the explicit level they are anti-Jewish, in a covert manner the dramatic works of the Spanish Golden Age present a positive image of the Jews. Works by Rojas, Cervantes, and, especially, Lope de Vega are shown to have used coded writing and techniques of dissimulation to subvert the dominant anti-Jewish ideology of the day, embodied in the actions of the Inquisition and in the "limpieza de sangre" statutes. A reason for the indirect approach was that the writers, who were influenced by Christian Humanism rather than by any putative Converso origin, themselves sought to escape interrogation by the Inquisition. One technique used was to replace the Converso by the figure of a persecuted woman or by a biblical, legendary, or foreign Jew. Defending the Jews was an aspect of espousal of justice for all.

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Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-340) and index.

ISBN

3039105221
9783039105229
0820475289
9780820475288

LCCN

2005049259
9783039105229

OCLC

ocm60671854
60671854
SCSB-1374129

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Princeton University Library