The Taming of the Shrew: 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 .>

Product details

• Authors: Heather C Easterling, Jennifer Flaherty
• Assisted by: Heather C. Easterling (Editor), Jennifer Flaherty (Editor), Ann Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781350217768
• ISBN: 978-1-350-21776-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Arden Shakespeare The State of Play; Arden Shakespeare the State of
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; English, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean