NDLI: “No one queens it like himself”: Performing Unconventional Boyhood in Historical Shakespearean Fiction

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Tyler Sasser, M.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Historical fiction has long been a staple in the social studies, history, and English curricula of primary and secondary education. Such commercial and critical successes might be linked to the genre’s unique ability to blend educational, didactic, historical, and aesthetic concerns in children’s literature, aspects that are heightened considerably when authors elect to appropriate Shakespeare in their historical fiction. While some critics suggest that the genre of Shakespeare-for-children advocates discourses of normative gender, identity, and behavior, this study maintains that the ongoing cultural capital of the Bard in the classroom and on the bookshelf permits authors the opportunity to consider unconventional expressions of gender. More specifically, this article argues that authors of late-twentieth century historical fiction about Shakespeare turn to the early modern tradition of boy players performing as women in order to embrace alternative gendered identities and models of maturation, particularly as they regard boys and boyhood.
Starting Page	50
Ending Page	65
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00456713
Journal	Children's Literature in Education
Volume Number	47
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15731693
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-08-04
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Shakespeare Historical fiction Time-slip novels Gender Boys/boyhood Adaptation Language and Literature Language Education Education Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Linguistics and Language Literature and Literary Theory

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