Literary Cultures and Medieval and Early Modern Childhoods

Naomi J. Miller is Professor of English and the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College, USA. Her books include Re-Reading Mary Wroth (Palgrave, 2015);  Maternity and Romance Narratives in Early Modern England (2015);  Gender and Early Modern Constructions of Childhood (2011);  Sibling Relations and Gender in the Early Modern World (2006); and Reimagining Shakespeare for Children and Young Adults ( 2003).

Diane Purkiss is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, UK, and fellow and tutor at Keble College. Her books include Magical Books: Myth, Legend and Enchantment in Children’s Books , edited by Carolyne Larrington and Diane Purkiss (2013); The English Civil War: A People’s History (2006); Literature, Gender and Politics during the English Civil War (2005); Three Tragedies by Renaissance Women (2003); At the Bottom of the Garden  (2001);  The Witch in History (1996); and Women, Texts and Histories , edited by Clare Brant and Diane Purkiss (1992).