The taming of the shrew

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"This is the third New Cambridge edition of The Taming of the Shrew, one of Shakespeare's most popular yet controversial plays. Ann Thompson considers its reception in the light of the hostility and embarrassment that the play often arouses, taking account of both scholarly defences and mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author)
Other Authors: Thompson, Ann, 1947- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1984.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Taming of the shrew.
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616 > The taming of the shrew
Taming of the shrew (Shakespeare, William)
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Married people > Drama.
Sex role > Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Married people.
Sex role.
Padua (Italy) > Drama.
Italy > Padua.
Comedy plays.
Drama.
Table of Contents:
  • Date and Theatrical Context
  • The Shrew in the Context of Shakespeare's Own Work
  • Sources
  • The Taming of the Shrew on Stage
  • Critical Approaches
  • Postscript: Working on the Play
  • Textual, Critical and Performance Interpretations, 1984
  • 2016
  • Note on the Text
  • List of Characters
  • The Play
  • Textual Analysis
  • Appendixes
  • 1. Passages from The Taming of a Shrew
  • 2. The Staging of Induction 2
  • 3. Music in the Play and Hortensio's Gamut (3.1.64
  • 75).

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