| The Taming of the Shrew Contributor(s): Bloom, Harold (Editor), Loos, Pamela (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791095983 ISBN-13: 9780791095980 Publisher: Blooms Literary Criticism OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2007 Annotation: Shakespeare, who clearly preferred his women characters to his men (always excepting Falstaff and Hamlet), enlarges the human from the start, by subtly suggesting that women have the truer sense of reality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Drama | Shakespeare |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 2007026817 |
| Series: Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 9.47" W x 6.5" (1.07 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Taming of the Shrew remains one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies. The loving battle of the sexes between its protagonists, Kate and Petruchio, is a theme of nearly universal relevance in Western literature. This study guide to one of the greatest plays contains a selection of the criticism through the centuries on the play. |