Gender and Power in Shrew-Taming Narratives, 1500-1700
Description
Explores dramatic, narrative and polemical versions of the 'taming of the shrew' story, from the Middle Ages to the Restoration, in light of recent historical work on the position of early modern women in society. Its essays address shrew narratives as an extended cultural dialogue debating issues of gender and sexual politics.
Keywords
Social ScienceGender StudiesLiterary CriticismPoetryEuropeanSemiotics & TheoryWomen's Studies
2010Book
Author(s)David Wootton, Graham Holderness
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230240926
LanguageEnglish
