Imagining Shakespeare's Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway

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.

Author: Katherine West Scheil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/28/2018
Pages: 294
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.07w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781108404068

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/25/2018

About the Author
Scheil, Katherine West: - 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).