Childhood in Shakespeare's PlaysChildhood in Shakespeare's Plays challenges the notion that Shakespeare, like other Elizabethans, regarded children as small adults. The author shows how the playwright's myriad references to childhood give an additional dimension to his adult figures. Providing the first detailed analysis of the child characters in Richard III, King John, Macbeth, and The Winter's Tale, this book proves that Shakespeare did not depict children as unnaturally precocious or sentimentally innocent. |
讀者評論 - 撰寫評論
我們找不到任何評論。
其他版本 - 查看全部
常見字詞
absence accept adults affection allows appearance Arthur asserts associates baby birth blood bond brother calls cause century characters child childhood concern confrontation continues contrast Coriolanus danger daughter death Despite earlier early Edward Elizabeth Elizabethan emotional emphasizes England evil extend father fear feels future give hand Henry Hermione History Hubert human husband immediately infant initially innocence intense Juliet King John King Lear knows lack Lady Lady Macbeth later Leontes live Lost Macbeth Macduff Mamillius marriage milk moral mother murder nature needs Nevertheless nurse observes offers offspring older parents Perdita Philip physical play political Polixenes powerful pregnancy present Prince proposes provides Queen recognizes refers relationship resemblance responsibility Richard Richard III Romeo says Shakespeare shows social society stage suggests tells thought Titus Andronicus uncle University Press wife Winter's Tale women York young youth