Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acknowledgments iv
4. List of Figures vi
5. Introduction: Seduction, Resistance, and Redemption: “Turning Turk” and the Embodiment of Christian Faith 1
6. 1 Dangerous Fellowship: Universal Faith and its Bodily Limits in The Comedy of Errors and Othello 32
7. 2 Recycled Models: Catholic Martyrdom and Embodied Resistance to Conversion in The Virgin Martyr and Other Red Bull Plays 73
8. 3 Engendering Faith: Sexual Defilement and Spiritual Redemption in The Renegado 121
9. 4 “Reforming” the Knights of Malta: Male Chastity and Temperance in Five Early Modern Plays 152
10. 5 Epilogue: Turning Miscegenation into Tragicomedy (Or Not): Robert Greene’s Orlando Furioso 208
11. Notes 223
12. Index 259