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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Witmore |
ISBN: | 9780801463556 0801463556 |
OCLC Number: | 1080900040 |
Description: | Online Ressource (viii, 233 Seiten) : Illustrationen |
Responsibility: | Michael Witmore. |
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"The complexity and significance of Witmore's Pretty Creatures belie its title.... This is a book to be read by any scholar of the early modern period, or indeed of any period, interested in the evolving concept of fiction, explored here in a range including civic spectacles, plays written for children's companies, a Shakespeare play (The Winter's Tale) and, as an innovative test case, children's testimonies at witch trials.... It will encourage or require the continued rethinking of the presence of children as performers in much early modern literature." * Modern Philology * "Witmore's analysis of the role of children as an agency of fiction breaks new ground, making this book an original, valuable contribution to understanding both the figure of the child during the Renaissance and the Renaissance debate over the nature of mimesis." * Choice * Read more...


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