Shakespeare's Boys
A Cultural History
Published on 17. January 2014
Book
Hardback
IX, 266 pages
978-1-137-00536-6 (ISBN)
Description
Shakespeare's Boys: A Cultural History offers the first extensive exploration of boy characters in Shakespeare's plays, examining a range of characters from across the Shakespearean canon in their original early modern contexts and surveying their subsequent performance histories on stage and screen from the Restoration until the present day.
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Series
Edition
2013
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 266 p.
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
462 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-00536-6 (9781137005366)
DOI
10.1057/9781137005373
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Katie Knowles is a University Teacher in the University of Liverpool's School of English, UK. She specialises in and has published articles on Shakespearean performance histories and representations of childhood in literature.
Content
Preface Note on Sources Introduction PART I: EARLY MODERN BOYHOODS 1. Noble Imps: Doomed Heirs 2. Separating the Men from the Boys: Roman Plays 3. Pages and Schoolboys: Early Modern Educations PART II: AFTERLIVES 4. Sentiment and Sensation: The Long Eighteenth Century 5. Pathos and Tenderness: The Victorian Era 6. Damage and Delinquency: The Twentieth Century and Beyond