Shakespeare in Children's Literature
Gender and Cultural Capital
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Anthologies
| Author: | Erica Hateley | ISBN: | 9781135891251 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | January 13, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Erica Hateley |
| ISBN: | 9781135891251 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | January 13, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
