Shakespeare in Children's Literature: Gender and Cultural Capital [Paperback]

Shakespeare in Childrens Literature looks at the genre of Shakespeare-for-children, considering both adaptations of his plays and childrens 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 childrens literature, to perpetuate anachronistic forms of identity and authority.

List of Figures

Series Editors 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 Nights Dream, Gender, and Sexuality

Chapter Five: This Islands Mine: The Tempest, Gender, and Authority / Autonomy

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

This book considers Shakespeare-for-children, looking at adaptations of his plays, and childrens 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 childrens literature to perpetuate anachronistic forms of identity and authority.

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