Shakespearean CriticismPresents literary criticism on the plays and poetry of Shakespeare. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Includes commentary by Shakespeare's contemporaries as well as a full range of views from later centuries, with an emphasis on contemporary analysis. Includes aesthetic criticism, textual criticism, and criticism of Shakespeare in performance. |
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Page 296
... wife and his home . The fact that much of the comedy springs from the shrew's mistreatment of her mate encourages us to forget that the wife is indeed supposed to govern the home , though as second in command to her husband . The ...
... wife and his home . The fact that much of the comedy springs from the shrew's mistreatment of her mate encourages us to forget that the wife is indeed supposed to govern the home , though as second in command to her husband . The ...
Page 297
... wife be censured only in private , never even consider that the husband might reprove his wife in bed . Petru- chio's " curtain lecture " is thus thoroughly unconven- tional . By the end of IV.iii Petruchio has taken on several tasks ...
... wife be censured only in private , never even consider that the husband might reprove his wife in bed . Petru- chio's " curtain lecture " is thus thoroughly unconven- tional . By the end of IV.iii Petruchio has taken on several tasks ...
Page 332
... wife against all com- ers . Kate , of course , can say and do nothing . Her at- tempt at pleading has failed , and defiance has led to a recital of her legal position as a wife ( 11. 230-34 ) . She must go with him and submit her will ...
... wife against all com- ers . Kate , of course , can say and do nothing . Her at- tempt at pleading has failed , and defiance has led to a recital of her legal position as a wife ( 11. 230-34 ) . She must go with him and submit her will ...
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Women in Shakespeare | 1 |
King Lear | 75 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 260 |
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