Book of Donmon Teith

A cross-religious exploration of conversion on the early modern English stage offering fresh readings of canonical and lesser-known plays.

Few subjects of the English stage have proved more alluring and enduring than religious conversion. The emergence of the Elizabethan theatre marked a profound s

Offering fuller understandings of both dramatic representations and the complexities of religious culture, this collection reveals the ways in which religion an

This book is a study of English conversion narratives between 1580 and 1660. Focusing on the formal, stylistic properties of these texts, it argues that there i

This book explores the threat of Christian conversion to Islam in twelve early modern English plays. In works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger, and others, co