Imagining Shakespeare's Wife - Scheil, Katherine West

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Résumé :
Examines representations of Anne Hathaway from the eighteenth century to contemporary portrayals in theatre, biographies and novels.

Biographie:
Katherine West Scheil is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Her previous works have focused on the reception history of Shakespeare, and include The Taste of the Town: Shakespearian Comedy and the Early Eighteenth-Century Theater (2003), Shakespeare, Adaptation, Modern Drama, co-edited with Randall Martin (2011) and She Hath Been Reading: Women and Shakespeare Clubs in America (2012).

Sommaire:
Preface; 1. Origins; 2. Forging the Shakespeare marriage: Anne Hathaway in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; 3. The legacy of Anne Hathaway's cottage; Interlude: fact and fiction; 4. 'Fit to marry': early imaginary Annes; 5. Post-war imaginary Annes; 6. Anne Hathaway for a female audience; Conclusion.