The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.0895  Sunday, 22 April 2001

From:           Thomas Larque <
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 >
Date:           Thursday, 19 Apr 2001 21:13:26 +0100
Subject:        Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines - Ophelia

Another addition to my "Shakespeare and His Critics" website is Mary
Cowden Clarke's fictional account of Ophelia's childhood from her book
"The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines" (1851-1852), as abridged by her
sister Sabilla Novello.  This story provides a good example of the sort
of character-based criticism of the Victorian period, imagining the
character as a real person with a life history extending before and
(except in the case of Ophelia and others who die) after the play in
which they appear.

The page appears at:

http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thomas_larque/oph1-cla.htm

Thomas Larque.
("Shakespeare and His Critics" - http://ds.dial.pipex.com/thomas_larque)

_______________________________________________________________
S H A K S P E R: The Global Shakespeare Discussion List
Hardy M. Cook, 
 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
The S H A K S P E R Webpage <http://ws.bowiestate.edu>