| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) |
| Contents |
Shrews in pamphlets and plays / Anna Bayman and George Southcombe -- Shrews, marriage and murder / Sandra Clark -- Engendering shrews: Medieval to early modern / Holly A. Crocker -- 'He speaks very shrewishly': apprentice-training and The taming of the shrew / Richard Madelaine -- The shrew as editor/editing shrews / Leah S. Marcus -- Putting the silent woman back into the Shakespearean shrew / Margaret Maurer and Barry Gaines -- Unknown shrews: three transformations of the/a shrew / Helmer J. Helmers -- 'Ye sid ha taken my counsel sir': restoration satire and theatrical authority / Charles Conaway -- 'Darkenes was before light': hierarchy and duality in The taming of a shrew / Graham Holderness -- The gendered stomach in The taming of the shrew / Jan Purnis -- The tamer tamed, or none shall have prizes: 'Equality' in Shakespeare's England / David Wootton -- Afterword: 'Thus have I politicly ended my reign' / Ann Thompson |
| Summary |
Explores dramatic, narrative and polemical versions of the 'taming of the shrew' story, from the Middle Ages to the Restoration, in light of recent historical work on the position of early modern women in society. Its essays address shrew narratives as an extended cultural dialogue debating issues of gender and sexual politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Taming of the shrew.
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Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 The taming of the shrew gnd |
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Shakespeare, William; The taming of the shrew. idszbz |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Taming of the shrew. idszbzes |
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Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William) fast |
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Taming of the shrew. swd |
| Subject |
English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism
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English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism
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Women in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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Man-woman relationships in literature.
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Power (Social sciences) in literature.
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Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 -- English -- c 1500 to c 1600 -- c 1600 to c 1700.
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature.
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English drama
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan
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Man-woman relationships in literature
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Power (Social sciences) in literature
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Sex role in literature
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Women in literature
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Englisch
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Literatur
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Geschlechterverhältnis Motiv
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Geschlechterrolle Motiv
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Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung
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Vrouwenfiguren.
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Bellettrie.
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Drama -- englisches -- Motiv -- Geschlechtsrolle.
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Drama -- englisches -- Motiv -- Macht.
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Geschlechtsrolle -- Motiv -- Drama -- englisches.
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Macht -- Motiv -- Drama -- englisches.
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Literatur.
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Englisch.
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Motiv (Literatur)
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Geschlechterbeziehung.
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English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1700.
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Women in literature.
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Sex role in literature.
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Geschlechterbeziehung (Motiv)
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Englisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Holderness, Graham
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Wootton, David, 1952-
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| ISBN |
9780230277489 |
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0230277489 |
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