Pretty creatures : children and fiction in the English Renaissance / Michael Witmore.

Author/creator Witmore, Michael
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Descriptionviii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700. --History and criticism.
Children in literature.
Theater and children--England. --History. --16th century.
Theater and children--England. --History. --17th century.
Children--England. --History. --16th century.
Children--England. --History. --17th century.

Contents Ut pueritas poesis : the child and fiction in the English Renaissance -- Animated children in Elizabeth's coronation pageant of 1559 -- Phatic metadrama and the touch of irony in English children's theater -- Mamillius, The winter's tale, and the impetus of fiction -- The lies children tell : counterfeiting victims and witnesses in early modern English witchcraft trials and possessions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007005922
ISBN9780801443992 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801443997 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR428.C44 W58 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold