Dureau, Yona

Yona Dureau completed holds a Ph.D. in English History and Literature from Haifa University. She teaches English and American Literature at St Etienne University.

Christian Cabbalah Movement in Renaissance England and Its Influence on William Shakespeare

2009 0-7734-4818-7
Demonstrates not only how the general situation in Europe, particularly in the Elizabethan government, offered a favorable context for the development of Christian Cabbalah in England, but how the movement informed the work of Shakespeare. It is unique to existing texts in that it stresses the importance of the Christian Cabbalah by singling it out as a distinctive intellectual movement, rather than unite it with other philosophical trends such as Neo-platonism, Jewish Cabbalah, or Rosecrucian theory. This book contains nine black and white photographs.

FRANCESCO GIORGIO’S DE HARMONICA MUNDI

2011 0-7734-1582-3
A translation from the original Latin of Francesco Giorgio’s De Harmonica Mundi that establishes its connections to Christian Cabbala in the early Renaissance. This book includes a CD.

Awarded the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship

How Jewish Mystical Thinking Shaped Early Modern Europe

2014 0-7734-4321-1
This collection of essays explains the Hebrew influence upon European culture especially the impact of Kabbalah.

ON THE ORIGIN OF RACISM IN AMERICA: Investigation into a Forgotten Collective Memory (Hard Copy)

2026 1-4955-1350-5
The title of this book is both a humorous homage to Toqueville's De la Démocratie en Amérique and a critical allusion to Buffon's Histoire naturelle, in which the latter attempted to find the origin of species and classified Africans in a particular category of apes. Indeed, in his analysis of the birth of democracy in America, Toqueville forgot to mention Africans, since in his worldview the new regime of the colonies did not include them. As for Buffon, he justified slavery by classifying Africans as creatures different from human. These two works have shaped our reading of American history, and the generations that followed these two authors and read them, attributed to the colonies an intrinsic racism stemming from simple skin color.

Reevaluating the Achievement of Aphra Behn (1640-1689): The Collected French and English Essays in Literary Criticism by Bernard Dhuicq

2017 1-4955-0628-2
This collection discusses the literary and social of achievements of Aphra Behn (1640-1689), considered to be the first female writer of English literature. It is also a collection of articles, written in both English and French, of Aphra Behn scholar Bernard Dhuicq.

THE CORE CAUSES OF THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST: Culture, Identity and Misunderstanding (Hard Cover)

2025 1-4955-1320-3
European observations from a Jewish vantage point. Discusses the cultural differences and conflict. An important look into the mind of the Jewish and Moslem faith traditions and cultures through early times to the present. Written and translated from the original French into English by the author.

Why it is Impossible to Write a Biography of William Shakespeare: Multiple Names, Contradictory Sources, and Political Purposes

2018 1-4955-0636-3
This book examines the scholarly research and investigations into the life of English Playwright William Shakespeare. Dr. Dureau sets to out show that writing an accurate and factual biography of Shakespeare is troubled by contradictory sources that use various names with varied political agendas. The book includes 21 color photos.