Description |
1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World ; volume 61 |
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Medieval and early modern Iberian world ; v. 61.
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Contents |
Jews in Portugal and the beginnings of polemical literature -- Portuguese anti-Semitic literary production : forms, objectives, and reception (17th-18th centuries) -- The new Christian image -- Continuity and change : the different currents of anti-Jewish literature -- Conclusion |
Summary |
This book scrutinizes literary works based on Judaism, Jews and their descendants, written or printed by the Portuguese between the forced conversion of Jews in 1497 and the ending of the distinction between New and Old Christians in 1773. It tries to understand what motivated this vast literary production, its different currents, and how they evolved. Additionally, it studies the image of New Christians and seeks the reasons for the perpetuation of this perception of Jewish descendants in the Early Modern Portuguese world. This book seeks to identify which Jews and which synagogue those authors constructed in their texts and their reasons for doing so, and offers conclusions on the self-affirmed Catholic importance of this literary current |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Translated from the Portuguese |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Portuguese literature -- History and criticism
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Jews in literature.
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Judaism in literature.
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Antisemitism -- Portugal -- History
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Jews -- Portugal -- Civilization -- Influence
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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Antisemitism
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Jews -- Civilization -- Influence
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Jews in literature
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Judaism in literature
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Portuguese literature
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Portugal
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2015027372 |
ISBN |
9789004301603 |
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9004301607 |
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