Shakespeare's Daughters

by Sharon Hamilton

Book Overview

The father-daughter relationship was one that Shakespeare explored again and again. His typical pattern featured a middle-aged or older man, usually a widower, with an adolescent daughter who had spent most of her life under her father's control, protected in his house. The plays usually begin when the daughter is on the verge of womanhood and eager to assert her own identity and make her own decisions, especially in matters of the heart, even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786415673
• ISBN13: 9780786415670
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher