Matthew Biberman: 3 books
Masculinity, Anti-Semitism and Early Modern English Literature
From the Satanic to the Effeminate Jew
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Offering a profound re-assessment of the conceptual, rhetorical, and cultural intersections among sexuality, race and religion in English Renaissance texts, this study argues that antisemitism is a by-product of tensions between received Classical conceptions of masculinity and Christianity's strident...
Shakespeare, Adaptation, Psychoanalysis
Better than New
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
In Shakespeare, Adaptation, Psychoanalysis, Matthew Biberman analyzes early adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays in order to identify and illustrate how both social mores and basic human psychology have changed in Anglo-American culture. Biberman contests the received wisdom that Shakespeare’s characters...
Big Sid's Vincati
The Story of a Father, a Son, and the Motorcycle of a Lifetime
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
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"If you believe it is possible to fall in love with a motorcycle, you will love this book." -Jay Leno
When Big Sid had a heart attack and gave up the will to live, his son Matthew Biberman panicked. Impulsively, Matthew promised his...