"William Shakespeare"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The structure of The taming of the shrew / David Bevington -- Plays and play-making in The taming of the shrew / J. Dennis Huston -- The female characters / Harold C. Goddard -- Shrews and shrew-taming / Frances E. Dolan -- Petruchio is a social climber / Lynda E. Boose -- The taming of the shrew mocks the world of mercantile marriage / Gareth Lloyd Evans -- The themes of education and metamorphosis unify the play / Brian Morris -- The transforming power of plays and play-acting / Alvin B. Kernan -- The stage power of the female heroine / Juliet Dusinberre -- Shakespeare modifies folktale material / Leah Scragg -- The spirit of farce in The taming of the shrew / Robert B. Heilman -- Romantic comedy humanizes the heroine / John C. Bean -- The taming of the shrew satirizes male attitudes toward women / Coppelia Kahn -- Petruchio's conquest of Kate is a mating dance / Michael West -- Domestic violence in The taming of the shrew / Emily Detmer -- Kate and Petruchio are rowdy rebels in Zeffirelli's film / Jack J. Jorgens.
Series:
The Greenhaven Press literary companion to British literature
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