Shakespeare in Children''s Literature - Gender and Cultural Capital

Zusatztext "This is a provocative and timely book that needs to be read! interrogated! and discussed."--Kathryn Graham! Virginia Tech Informationen zum Autor Erica Hateley teaches children’s and adolescent literature at Kansas State University. She has published articles about Shakespeare for children in several journals, and in the recent collection of essays To See the Wizard: Politics and the Literature of Childhood edited by Laurie Ousley. Klappentext Shakespeare in Children's Literature looks at the genre of Shakespeare-for-children, considering both adaptations of his plays and children's novels in which he appears as a character. Drawing on feminist theory and sociology, Hateley demonstrates how Shakespeare for children utilizes the ongoing cultural capital of "Shakespeare," and the pedagogical aspects of children's literature, to perpetuate anachronistic forms of identity and authority. Zusammenfassung This book considers Shakespeare-for-children, looking at adaptations of his plays, and children’s novels in which he appears. Drawing on feminist theory and sociology, Hateley demonstrates how this genre utilizes the ongoing cultural capital of "Shakespeare," and the pedagogical aspects of children’s literature to perpetuate anachronistic forms of identity and authority. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Series Editor’s Foreword Introduction Chapter One: Romantic Roots: Constructing the Child as Reader, and Shakespeare as Author Chapter Two: "Author(is)ing the Child: Shakespeare as Character" Chapter Three: ‘Be These Juggling Fiends No More Believed’: Macbeth, Gender, and Subversion Chapter Four: Puck vs. Hermia: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gender, and Sexuality Chapter Five: ‘This Island’s Mine’: The Tempest, Gender, and Authority / Autonomy Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Erica Hateley, Erica (Kansas State University Hateley, Hateley Erica
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2008
• EAN: 9780415964920
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96492-0
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Children's Literature and Cult; Children's Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Literary studies: general, Children's & teenage literature studies, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general