Format:
XI, 277 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
9781137024756
Series Statement:
Palgrave Shakespeare studies
Content:
"Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood is the first scholarly study devoted entirely to Shakespeare's girl characters. Revealing the dramatic and cultural centrality of the young girl in early modern English culture, and highlighting the 'girl' as a distinctive category in Shakespeare, this book locates Shakespeare's girl characters and representations of girlhood at a pivotal moment in the history of girlhood as an identity and social condition. Illuminating Shakespeare's girl characters in their relationship to earlier historical discourses and representations, and charting the development of Shakespeare's construction of the girl as a dramatic and literary figure throughout his career, Deanne Williams demonstrates that Shakespeare's girl characters are consistently and self-consciously invested in performance, from playing dramatic and musical parts, to performing public and domestic roles. Calling attention to the influence of Shakespeare and his girl characters on girl performers, patrons, and playwrights, Williams makes an original contribution to the history and culture of the early modern girl"--
Content:
"Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood is the first scholarly study devoted entirely to Shakespeare's girl characters. Revealing the dramatic and cultural centrality of the young girl in early modern English culture, and highlighting the 'girl' as a distinctive category in Shakespeare, this book locates Shakespeare's girl characters and representations of girlhood at a pivotal moment in the history of girlhood as an identity and social condition. Illuminating Shakespeare's girl characters in their relationship to earlier historical discourses and representations, and charting the development of Shakespeare's construction of the girl as a dramatic and literary figure throughout his career, Deanne Williams demonstrates that Shakespeare's girl characters are consistently and self-consciously invested in performance, from playing dramatic and musical parts, to performing public and domestic roles. Calling attention to the influence of Shakespeare and his girl characters on girl performers, patrons, and playwrights, Williams makes an original contribution to the history and culture of the early modern girl"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248 - 266) and index
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Machine generated contents note:List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Girls Included!1.Peevish and Perverse2.Isabelle de France, Child Bride3.Enter Ofelia playing on a lute4.Lost Girls5.A Dancing Princess6.The Lady and Comus7.My Lady Rachells book8.Perpetual Girlhood in The Concealed FanciesConclusion: Girlhood After Shakespeare's Heroines.
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
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Mädchen
Author information:
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
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