Stirring Tongues and Fumish Words: Representing Jewishness in Elizabeth Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam

This article explores the anti-Jewish rhetoric of Elizabeth Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam, with particular attention on the linguistic deployment of scorning, scolding, and slurring. It argues that Cary’s closet drama revises Jewish dramatic representation for an elite literary audience, employing in...

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Main Author: Becky S. Friedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2022-10-01
Series:Caliban: French Journal of English Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/caliban/11446
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