Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew

This volume presents a broad range of critical essays exemplifying different approaches to Shakespeare''s two comedies, The Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado about Nothing . The essays approach the plays from a number of theoretical positions: feminist, historicist, deconstruction and psychoanalytic, as well as offering general commentary and a discussion of film versions and stage productions. The introduction explains the development of these critical pieces, making the two plays considered accessible to students at all levels.>

Table des matières

Acknowledgements
General Editors' Preface
Introduction; M. Wynne-Davies
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Against the Sink-a-Pace: Sexual and Family Politics in Much Ado About Nothing; H. Berger Jr.
Half a Dozen Dangerous Words; S.P. Cerasano
Much Ado About Nothing: The Unsociable Comedy; B. Everett
Much Ado About Nothing: A Kind of Merry War; P. Gay
Antitheatrically Staged: The Workings of Ideology in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing; J. E. Howard
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
The Turn of The Shrew; J.Fineman
Renaissance Family Politics and Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew; K.Newman
Scolding Brides and Bridling Scolds: Taming the Woman's Unruly Member; L.E.Boose
Household Kates: Domesticating Commodities in The Taming of the Shrew; N.Korda
A Shrew For the Times; D.E. Henderson
Further Reading
Notes on Contributors
Index.

A propos de l'auteur

MARION WYNNE-DAVIES is Reader in English at the University of Dundee, UK.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Marion Wynne-Davies
• Collaboration: Mario Wynne-Davies (Editeur), Marion Wynne-Davies (Editeur)
• Edition: Macmillan
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 27.02.2001
• EAN: 9780333657911
• ISBN: 978-0-333-65791-1
• Pages: 257
• Thèmes: New Casebooks S; New Casebooks
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Lectures/interprétations/auxiliaires de lecture > Allemand; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature, Early Modern and Renaissance Literature, Literature, Modern