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Deborah and her sisters: how one nineteenth-century melodrama and a host of celebrated actresses put Judaism on the world stage
Deborah and her sisters: how one nineteenth-century melodrama and a host of celebrated actresses put Judaism on the world stage
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Hess, Jonathan M., 1965-2018
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English
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Hughes Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction
809.93352 Hess
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Introduction. Shylock's daughters: philosemitism, theater, and popular culture in the nineteenth century
1 Anatomy of a tearjerker: the melodrama of the forsaken Jewess
2 Sensationalism, sympathy, and laughter: Deborah and her sisters
3 Playing Jewish from Rachel to the divine Sarah: neutral acting and the wonders of impersonation
4 Shylock and the Jewish Schiller: Jews, non-Jews, and the making of philosemitism
Concluding remarks. Jewishness, theatricality, and the lagacy of Deborah.
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History and criticism
Jewish drama
Jewish women in literature
Jews in literature
Jews in popular culture
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9780812249583
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