Shakespeare in Children's Literature
Gender and Cultural Capital
By Erica Hateley
Published December 15th 2008 by Routledge – 218 pages
Description
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.
Reviews
"This is a provocative and timely book that needs to be read, interrogated, and discussed."--Kathryn Graham, Virginia Tech
Contents
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
Author Bio
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.
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Name: Shakespeare in Children's Literature: Gender and Cultural Capital (Hardback) – Routledge
Description: By Erica Hateley. 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...
Categories: Children's Literature, Literature & Gender Studies, Shakespeare
