The first book-length examination of Jewish women in Renaissance drama, this study explores fictional representations of the female Jew in academic, private and

An innovative study of the gendering of ethnic difference in Western society, Sicher’s multidisciplinary, comparative analysis shows how racialized images hav

​This book is a study of the representation of the Persian empire in English drama across the early modern period, from the 1530s to the 1690s. The wide focus

A broad and ambitious overview of the significance of philosemitism in European and world history, from antiquity to the present.

Arden Early Modern Drama Guides offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contexts of key Elizabethan