Imagining Shakespeare's Wife

The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway

Katherine West Scheil (University of Minnesota)

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English

Cambridge University Press
28 June 2018

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Shakespeare studies & criticism

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.

By: Katherine West Scheil (University of Minnesota)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781108404068
ISBN 10: 1108404065
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 28 June 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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).

Reviews for Imagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway

'[It is to] Scheil's credit that while she presents and discusses these myriad Annes, she always keeps the reader aware of the true Anne, the one who we cannot know, who is impossible to know, but who deserves to be acknowledged simply because she is human. Highly recommend.' The Fish Shelf (www.fishshelf.blogspot.co.uk)