The girlhood of Shakespeare's heroines : in a series of fifteen tales
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The girlhood of Shakespeare's heroines : in a series of fifteen tales
（Cambridge library collection, . Literary studies）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- v. 1 : pbk
- v. 2 : pbk
- v. 3 : pbk
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"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Reprint. Originally published: London : W.H. Smith, 1850-1851
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108001267
Description
Mary Cowden Clarke (1809-98) was the daughter of the publisher Vincent Novello. She produced a complete concordance to Shakespeare's works in 1845, and her fascination with the plays led to her publishing in 1850 a series of imaginative accounts of the girlhood of some of his heroines. Her motive was 'to imagine the possible circumstances and influences of scene, event, and associate, surrounding the infant life of his heroines, which might have conduced to originate and foster those germs of character recognised in their maturity as by him developed; to conjecture what might have been the first imperfect dawnings of that which he has shown us in the meridian blaze of perfection'. These 'prequels' offer a back-story which is surprising in its subversive interpretation of the plays and especially of the role of the 'hero'. Volume 1 includes the stories of Portia and Lady Macbeth.
Table of Contents
- 1. Portia
- 2. The thane's daughter
- 3. Helena
- 4. Desdemona
- 5. Meg and Alice.
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v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108001274
Description
Mary Cowden Clarke (1809-98) was the daughter of the publisher Vincent Novello. She produced a complete concordance to Shakespeare's works in 1845, and her fascination with the plays led to her publishing in 1850 a series of imaginative accounts of the girlhood of some of his heroines. Her motive was 'to imagine the possible circumstances and influences of scene, event, and associate, surrounding the infant life of his heroines, which might have conduced to originate and foster those germs of character recognised in their maturity as by him developed; to conjecture what might have been the first imperfect dawnings of that which he has shown us in the meridian blaze of perfection'. These 'prequels' offer a back-story which is surprising in its subversive interpretation of the plays and especially of the role of the 'hero'. Volume 2 includes the stories of Ophelia and Juliet.
Table of Contents
- 1. Isabella: the votaress
- 2. Katharina and Bianca: the shrew and the demure
- 3. Ophelia: the rose of Elsinore
- 4. Rosalind and Celia: the friends
- 5. Juliet: the white dove of Verona
- 6. Illustrative notes.
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v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9781108001281
Description
Mary Cowden Clarke (1809-98) was the daughter of the publisher Vincent Novello. She produced a complete concordance to Shakespeare's works in 1845, and her fascination with the plays led to her publishing in 1850 a series of imaginative accounts of the girlhood of some of his heroines. Her motive was 'to imagine the possible circumstances and influences of scene, event, and associate, surrounding the infant life of his heroines, which might have conduced to originate and foster those germs of character recognised in their maturity as by him developed; to conjecture what might have been the first imperfect dawnings of that which he has shown us in the meridian blaze of perfection'. These 'prequels' offer a back-story which is surprising in its subversive interpretation of the plays and especially of the role of the 'hero'. Volume 3 includes the stories of Beatrice and Hero.
Table of Contents
- 1. Beatrice and Hero
- 2. Olivia
- 3. Hermione
- 4. Viola
- 5. Imogen.
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