An edition of Better a shrew than a sheep
(2003)
Better a shrew than a sheep
women, drama, and the culture of jest in early modern England
by Pamela Allen Brown
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Comic, The, in literature, English Jestbooks, English drama, English drama (Comedy), English wit and humor, History, History and criticism, Sex role in literature, Women and literature, Women in literature, Prosaschwank, Comique dans la littérature, Frau <Motiv>, Komödie, Fabliaux anglais, Komische Literatur, Early modern and Elizabethan, Comédie anglaise, Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature, Histoire, Femmes dans la littérature, Histoire et critique, Humour anglais, Théâtre anglais, Femmes et littérature, English drama, history and criticism, early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600, English drama--history and criticism, English drama--early modern and elizabethan, 1500-1600--history and criticism, Women and literature--history, Women and literature--england--history--16th century, Women and literature--england--history--17th century, English drama--17th century--history and criticism, English drama (comedy)--history and criticism, English wit and humor--history and criticism, Jestbooks, english--history, Pr658.w6 b76 2003, 822/.309352042Places
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Better a Shrew Than a Sheep: Women, Drama, and the Culture of Jest in Early Modern England
2018, Cornell University Press
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Better a shrew than a sheep: women, drama, and the culture of jest in early modern England
2003, Cornell University Press
in English
0801440246 9780801440243
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Table of Contents
Introduction : sauce for the gander
Near neighbors, women's wars, and merry wives
Ale and female : gossips as players, alehouse as theater
Between women, or, All is fair at horn fair
"O such a rogue would be hang'd!" shrews versus wife beaters
Scandalous pleasures : a coney-catcher and her public
Griselda the fool
Epilogue : the problem of fun.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-253) and index.
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