Much ADO about Nothing and the Taming of the Shrew

ISBN-13: 9780333657911 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 257 str.

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Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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