Imagining Shakespeare's wife : the afterlife of Anne Hathaway /
What has been the appeal of Anne Hathaway, both globally and temporally, over the past four hundred years? Why does she continue to be reinterpreted and reshaped? This book examines representations of Hathaway, from the earliest depictions and details in the eighteenth century, to contemporary portr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Summary: | What has been the appeal of Anne Hathaway, both globally and temporally, over the past four hundred years? Why does she continue to be reinterpreted and reshaped? This book examines representations of Hathaway, from the earliest depictions and details in the eighteenth century, to contemporary portrayals in theater, biographies and novels. Residing in the nexus between Shakespeare's life and works, Hathaway has been constructed to explain the women in the plays but also composed from the material in the plays. Presenting the very first cultural history of Hathaway, Katherine Scheil offers a richly original study that uncovers how the material circumstances of history affect the later reconstruction of lives. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108416696 1108416691 9781108404068 1108404065 |