Pretty Creatures: Children and Fiction in the English Renaissance

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Note on Modernization ix Introduction 1 1 Ut Pueritas Poesis: the child and Fiction in the english renaissance 20 2 animated children in elizabeth’s coronation pageant of 1559 58 3 phatic Metadrama and the touch of Irony in english children’s theater 95 4 Mamillius, The Winter’s Tale, and the Impetus of Fiction 137 5 the Lies children tell: counterfeiting Victims and Witnesses in early Modern english Witchcraft trials and possessions 171 epilogue 213 Index 223 This page intentionally left blank. ...