Book Details
The Taming Of The Shrew (New Penguin Shakespeare S.)
Hibbard, G. R.
Summary
This play within a play is a delightful farce about a fortune hunter who marries and tames" the town shrew.
This play within a play is a delightful farce about a fortune hunter who marries and tames" the town shrew. The comedy, often produced today because of its accessibility, is one of the plays Shakespeare intended for the general public rather than for the nobility.CliffsComplete combines the full original text of The Taming of the Shrew with a helpful glossary and CliffsNotes-quality commentary into one volume. You will find:A unique pedagogical approach that combines the complete original text with expert commentary following each sceneA descriptive bibliography and historical background on the author, the times, and the work itselfAn improved character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the charactersSidebar glossaries"
Highlights
- Easy to enjoy: 256 pages · Mass_market
- By Hibbard, G. R.
Details
- ISBN: 9780140707106
- Author: Hibbard, G. R.
- Format: Mass_market
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Publication date: 29 November 1973
- Condition: Used – Good
About the authors
Hibbard, G. R. and William Shakespeare · Publisher: Penguin Classics
Reviews
Shakespeare, who clearly preferred his women characters to his men (always excepting Falstaff and Hamlet), enlarges the human from the start, by subtly suggesting that women have the truer sense of reality.
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