Shakespeare in Children's Literature

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.

Erica Hateley teaches children's and adolescent literature at Kansas State University. She has published articles about Shakespeare for children in several journals, and in the recent collection of essays To See the Wizard: Politics and the Literature of Childhood edited by Laurie Ousley.

List of Figures Series Editor's Foreword Introduction Chapter One: Romantic Roots: Constructing the Child as Reader, and Shakespeare as Author Chapter Two: "Author(is)ing the Child: Shakespeare as Character" Chapter Three: 'Be These Juggling Fiends No More Believed': Macbeth, Gender, and Subversion Chapter Four: Puck vs. Hermia: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Gender, and Sexuality Chapter Five: 'This Island's Mine': The Tempest, Gender, and Authority / Autonomy Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index