Shakespeare and Childhood (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521871259)

This 2007 collection offered the first definitive study of a surprisingly underdeveloped area of scholarly investigation, namely the relationship between Shakespeare, children and childhood from Shakespeare's time to the present. It offers a thorough mapping of the domain in which Shakespearean childhoods need to be studied, in order to show how studying Shakespearean childhoods makes significant contributions both to Shakespearean scholarship, and to the history of childhood and its representations. The book is divided into two sections, each with a substantial introduction outlining relevant critical debates and contextualizing the rich combination of fresh research and readings of familiar Shakespearean texts that characterize the individual essays. The first part of the book examines the significance of the figure of the child in the Shakespearean canon. The second part traces the rich histories of negotiation, exchange and appropriation that have characterised Shakespeare's subsequent relations to the cultures of childhood in literary realms.

Author: Kate Chedgzoy
ISBN-10: 0521871255
ISBN-13: 9780521871259
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2007
Pages: 298
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.90w x 0.80d