Imagining Shakespeare's wife : the afterlife of Anne Hathaway / Katherine West Scheil, University of Minnesota.
2018
PR2906 .S34 2018 (Mapit)
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Imagining Shakespeare's wife : the afterlife of Anne Hathaway / Katherine West Scheil, University of Minnesota.
ISBN
9781108404068 (paperback)
1108404065 (paperback)
9781108416696
1108416691
1108404065 (paperback)
9781108416696
1108416691
Published
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
xxiii, 272 pages ; 23 cm
Call Number
PR2906 .S34 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
822.3/3
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 theatre, 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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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 theatre, 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Establishing Anne. Origins
Forging the Shakespeare marriage: Anne Hathaway in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
The legacy of Anne Hathaway's cottage
Imagining Anne. Interlude: fact and fiction
"Fit to marry": early imaginary Annes
Dark ladies and faithful wives: post-World War II imaginary Annes
Millennial Anne Hathaways and women audiences
Conclusion.
Establishing Anne. Origins
Forging the Shakespeare marriage: Anne Hathaway in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
The legacy of Anne Hathaway's cottage
Imagining Anne. Interlude: fact and fiction
"Fit to marry": early imaginary Annes
Dark ladies and faithful wives: post-World War II imaginary Annes
Millennial Anne Hathaways and women audiences
Conclusion.