The Taming of the ShrewClarendon Press, 1982 - 248 pages The introduction offers a full and original consideration fo th play's textual problems, a study of sources, a survey of scholarship and criticism, with the editor's own critical appreciation, and a study of the comedy's fortunes in the theatre. |
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Page 65
... presumably Fletcher is recalling Petruchio's ' Tush , tush , fear boys with bugs ! ' and suggesting that tamers may learn to respect ' bugs ' after all . Again , Petruchio himself ( 2.5 ) compares his taming of Kate to the twelve ...
... presumably Fletcher is recalling Petruchio's ' Tush , tush , fear boys with bugs ! ' and suggesting that tamers may learn to respect ' bugs ' after all . Again , Petruchio himself ( 2.5 ) compares his taming of Kate to the twelve ...
Page 89
... Presumably ' pair ' because of the two holes in the wooden frame to confine the ankles of the person publicly punished ( another two often confined the wrists ) . So also in Errors , 3.1.60 . 3 baggage contemptible , or even loose ...
... Presumably ' pair ' because of the two holes in the wooden frame to confine the ankles of the person publicly punished ( another two often confined the wrists ) . So also in Errors , 3.1.60 . 3 baggage contemptible , or even loose ...
Page 200
... presumably puppet i.e. a figure manipulated at will like one in a puppet - show ; but ' puppet ' was also used as a term of contempt , par- ticularly for a woman ( OED 1 ) , and Petruchio in l . 104 chooses to take it in that sense and ...
... presumably puppet i.e. a figure manipulated at will like one in a puppet - show ; but ' puppet ' was also used as a term of contempt , par- ticularly for a woman ( OED 1 ) , and Petruchio in l . 104 chooses to take it in that sense and ...
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