The Shakespearian Tempest: With a Chart of Shakespeare's Dramatic Universe

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Taylor & Francis, 2002 - 332 pages
This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.

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A The Shakespearian Aviary
60
B The Hecate scenes in Macbeth
191
Chart of Shakespeares Dramatic Universe
204
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G. Wilson Knight

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