Continuing the theme of adaptation of classic plots, here are five reworkings of Shakespeare as YA fiction. A couple of them are cast in the genre of paranormal romance, but they all look worth reading.
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This is timely as I am going to do intertextual readings of the Iron King in Gen Dead soon looking at the fairy courts and the character of Puck in A MidSummer Night’s Dream! Going to write a post on Puck before then!
Oh, I look forward to the Puck post! I’ve been meaning to post something on Faerie Courts sometime, too–something about them puzzles me.
On Shakespeare and intertextuality, I think of Angela Carter again (who’s never away from this site for long!) and her fabulous weaving of themes from Shakespeare’s comedies into her last novel, Wise Children.
Puck is one of my favourite Shakespearean characters – my favourite is Mercutio (but only because I got to act him at secondary school). Puck is so wonderfully fey and seems to be a foundation for the representation of faeries in literature ever since.