Gender and power in shrew-taming narratives, 1500-1700 / edited by David Wootton, Graham Holderness.

Contributor Holderness, Graham.

Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Descriptionix, 236 p. ; 23 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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