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" Gender and power in shrew-taming narratives, 1500-1700 "
edited by David Wootton and Graham Holderness.
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558206
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Graham Holderness
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Gender and power in shrew-taming narratives, 1500-1700\ edited by David Wootton and Graham Holderness.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: NY Palgrave Macmillan,, 2010.
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(ix, 236 p.)
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0230277489
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: 9780230277489
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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.
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This is the first book to address and explore the various dramatic, poetic and narrative versions of the popular 'taming of the shrew' story, from the Middle Ages to the Restoration, in the light of new historical work on the place of early modern women in society. The contributors address the historical interrelationships of key theatrical texts such as the anonymous The Taming of A Shrew, Shakespeare's The TamingThis is the first book to address and explore the various dramatic, poetic and narrative versions of the popular 'taming of the shrew' story, from the Middle Ages to the Restoration, in the light of new historical work on the place of early modern women in society. The contributors address the historical interrelationships of key theatrical texts such as the anonymous The Taming of A Shrew, Shakespeare's The TamingThis is the first book to address and explore the various dramatic, poetic and narrative versions of the popular 'taming of the shrew' story, from the Middle Ages to the Restoration, in the light of new historical work on the place of early modern women in society. The contributors address the historical interrelationships of key theatrical texts such as the anonymous The Taming of A Shrew, Shakespeare's The Taming",,,,,"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 modernExplores 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 modernwomen in society. Its essays address shrew narratives as an extended cultural dialogue debating issues of gender and sexual politicsExplores 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 modernExplores 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 modernwomen in society. Its essays address shrew narratives as an extended cultural dialogue debating issues of gender and sexual politicsExplores 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 modernExplores 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 modernwomen in society. Its essays address shrew narratives as an extended cultural dialogue debating issues of gender and sexual politicsRead less
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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David Wootton
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Palgrave Connect (Online service)
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