Three Turk Plays from Early Modern England: "Selimus, Emperor of the Turks", "A Christian Turned Turk", and "The Renegado"

by Daniel J Vitkus (Author)

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  2000

  $36.10

  Presents a collection of three Turk plays namely Selimus, Emperor of the Turks ; A Christian Turned Turk ; and The Renegado . It represents Islamic power and wealth in scenes of piracy on the high seas, on-stage execution by strangulation, and rites of religious conversion. It is useful for understanding the English identity.