Author:
Korda, Natasha.
Imprint:Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2002.
Description276 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Note:Housekeeping and household stuff -- Household Kates: domesticating commodities in The taming of the shrew -- Judicious oeillades: supervising marital property in The merry wives of Windsor -- The tragedy of the handkerchief: female paraphernalia and the properties of jealousy in Othello -- Isabella's rule: singlewomen and the properties of poverty in Measure for measure.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-262) and index.