Imagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway

Author: Scheil, Katherine West

Brand: Cambridge University Press

Number Of Pages: 294

EAN: 9781108404068

Release Date: 09-08-2018

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Part Number: 31794741

Details: 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? Imagining Shakespeare's Wife 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.