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Shakespeare's daughters / Sharon Hamilton.

Title
Shakespeare's daughters / Sharon Hamilton.
Author
Hamilton, Sharon, 1943-
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2003.

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Description
vii, 184 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
"Shakespeare explored the father-daughter relationship again and again, often featuring a widower with an adolescent daughter who has spent most of her life under her father's control. The plays usually begin when the daughter is on the verge of womanhood and eager to make her own decisions, especially in matters of the heart."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Conflict of generations in literature
  • Daughters in literature
  • Domestic drama, English > History and criticism
  • Fathers and daughters in literature
  • Fathers in literature
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Daughters
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Fathers
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The father as inept or able mentor : Romeo and Juliet and The tempest -- Daughters who rebel : Hermia (A midsummer night's dream), Jessica (The merchant of Venice), and Desdemona (Othello) -- Daughters who acquiesce : Hero (Much ado about nothing), Lavinia (Titus Andronicus), and Opelia (Hamlet) -- Plighted cunning, playing the good girl role : The taming of the shrew and King Lear -- Daughters who act in their fathers' stead : Portia (The merchant of Venice), Viola (Twelfth night), and Rosalind (As you like it) -- Daughters who forgive and heal : Marina (Pericles), Perdita (The winter's tale), and Cordelia (King Lear).
ISBN
0786415673 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2003001316
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library