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Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
263

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Subjects
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, Comic, the, in literature, Pr658.w6 b76 2003, 822/.309352042
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England
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16th century, 17th century, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600
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Better a Shrew Than a Sheep: Women, Drama, and the Culture of Jest in Early Modern England
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Better a shrew than a sheep: women, drama, and the culture of jest in early modern England
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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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Dewey Decimal Class
822/.309352042
Library of Congress
PR658.W6 B76 2003, PR658.W6B76 2002

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Pagination
xi, 263 p. :
Number of pages
263

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OL3555522M
Internet Archive
bettershrewthans0000brow
ISBN 10
0801440246, 0801488362
LCCN
2002011310
OCLC/WorldCat
50279913
Library Thing
1069977
Goodreads
201575
2729339

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