Readings on The Taming of the shrew / Laura Marvel, book editor.

Contributor Marvel, Laura.

Imprint:San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c2000.

Description170 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:"William Shakespeare" -- Cover.

Note: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 Scrugg. - 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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-163)and index.

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