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Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2021
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- Title
- The Taming of the Shrew: The State of Play
- Author
- Dr Jennifer Flaherty
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1350138193
- ISBN 13
- 9781350138193
- Item weight
- 157 grams
- Series
- Book 9 of 9: Arden Shakespeare The State of Play
The Taming of the Shrew has puzzled, entertained and angered audiences, and it has been reinvented many times throughout its controversial history. Offering a focused overview of key emerging ideas and discourses surrounding Shakespeare's problematic comedy, the volume reveals and debates how contemporary readings and adaptions of the play have sought to reconsider and resolve the play's contentious portrayal of gender, power and identity. Each chapter has been carefully selected for its originality and relevance to the needs of students, teachers and researchers.
Key themes and issues include:
· Gender and Power
· History and Early Modern Contexts
· Performance and Politics
· Adaptation and Afterlife
All the essays offer new perspectives and combine to give readers an up-to-date understanding of what's exciting and challenging about The Taming of the Shrew.
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About the Author
ANN THOMPSON is Emeritus Professor in English at King' s College London UK.
LENA COWEN ORLIN is Professor of English at Georgetown University, USA, Washington DC, and Executive Director of the Shakespeare Association of America.
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