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Gender and Power in Shrew-Taming Narratives, 1500-1700

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  1. David Wootton

    1. University of York, UK

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  2. Graham Holderness

    1. University of Hertfordshire, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Graham Holderness
    Pages 1-10

  3. Shrews in Pamphlets and Plays

    • Anna Bayman, George Southcombe
    Pages 11-28

  4. Shrews, Marriage and Murder

    • Sandra Clark
    Pages 29-47

  5. Engendering Shrews: Medieval to Early Modern

    • Holly A. Crocker
    Pages 48-69

  6. ‘He speaks very shrewishly’: Apprentice-training and The Taming of the Shrew

    • Richard Madelaine
    Pages 70-83

  7. The Shrew as Editor/Editing Shrews

    • Leah S. Marcus
    Pages 84-100

  8. Putting the Silent Woman Back into the Shakespearean Shrew

    • Margaret Maurer, Barry Gaines
    Pages 101-122

  9. Unknown Shrews: Three Transformations of The/A Shrew

    • Helmer J. Helmers
    Pages 123-144

  10. ‘Ye sid ha taken my Counsel sir’: Restoration Satire and Theatrical Authority

    • Charles Conaway
    Pages 145-168

  11. ‘Darkenes was before light’: Hierarchy and Duality in The Taming of A Shrew

    • Graham Holderness
    Pages 169-184

  12. The Gendered Stomach in The Taming of the Shrew

    • Jan Purnis
    Pages 185-205

  13. The Tamer Tamed, or None Shall Have Prizes: “Equality” in Shakespeare’s England

    • David Wootton
    Pages 206-225

  14. Afterword: ‘Thus have I politicly ended my reign’

    • Ann Thompson
    Pages 226-231

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 232-236
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Explores dramatic, narrative and polemical versions of the 'taming of the shrew' story, from the Middle Ages to the Restoration, in light of recent historical work on the position of early modern women in society. Its essays address shrew narratives as an extended cultural dialogue debating issues of gender and sexual politics.

Reviews

'...[an] exciting collection...This rich tapestry provides what is so often lacking literary context. Whereas New Historicism focused attention on the cultural context of Shakespeare's works, scholars still too often pretend that no one else wrote on the subjects Shakespeare did. The range of texts discussed is, therefore, of great value...Highly recommended' - A. Castaldo, CHOICE

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of York, UK

    David Wootton

  • University of Hertfordshire, UK

    Graham Holderness

About the editors

ANNA BAYMAN Faculty of History, Oxford University, UK SANDRA CLARK Emeritus Professor of Renaissance Literature, Birkbeck, University of London UK CHARLES CONAWAY Assistant Professor of English, University of Southern Indiana, US HOLLY A. CROCKER Assistant Professor of English, University of South Carolina, US BARRY GAINES Professor of English Literature, University of New Mexico, US H.J. HELMERS English Department, University of Leiden, Netherlands GRAHAM HOLDERNESS Professor of English, University of Hertfordshire, UK RICHARD MADELEINE Associate Professor of English, University of New South Wales, Australia LEAH S. MARCUS Edwin Mims Professor of English, Vanderbilt University, US MARGARET MAURER William Henry Crawshaw Professor of Literature, Colgate University, US JAN PURNIS Department of English, University of Toronto, Canada GEORGE SOUTHCOMBE Praelector in Early Modern History, University of Oxford, UK DAVID WOOTTON Anniversary Professor of History, University of York, UK

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