| The Taming of the Shrew: Texts and Contexts Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312108362 ISBN-13: 9780312108366 Publisher: Bedford Books OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: This teaching edition of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" responds to the needs of instructors using a variety of approaches to Shakespeare, including feminist, historical, and cultural studies approaches. The play is accompanied by four sets of primary documents and illustrations thematically arranged to offer a richly textured understanding of early modern culture and Shakespeare's work within that culture. The texts include facsimiles of period documents, excerpts of conduct literature on marriage and on wife and servant beating, sermons, popular ballads, literary works offering alternative endings to Shakespeare's play, and documents on women's legal status. The primary documents contextualize the play's treatment of assertive women, marital conflict, and domestic disorder and violence. Editorial features designed to help students read the play in light of the historical documents include an intelligent and engaging general introduction, and introduction to each thematic group of documents, thorough headnotes and glosses for the primary documents (presented in modern spelling), and an extensive bibliography. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 95080793 |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Series: Bedford Shakespeare |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.55" W x 8.26" (0.77 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This edition of the Shakespeare play, The Taming of the Shrew features an extenstive array of primary documents to help contextualize the play's treatment of assertive women, marital conflict, and domestic disorder and violence. |