Gender and Power in Shrew-Taming Narratives, 1500–1700

1. Introduction
Graham Holderness

2. Shrews in Pamphlets and Plays
Anna Bayman, George Southcombe

3. Shrews, Marriage and Murder
Sandra Clark

4. Engendering Shrews: Medieval to Early Modern
Holly A. Crocker

5. ‘He speaks very shrewishly’: Apprentice-training and The Taming of the Shrew
Richard Madelaine

6. The Shrew as Editor/Editing Shrews
Leah S. Marcus

7. Putting the Silent Woman Back into the Shakespearean Shrew
Margaret Maurer, Barry Gaines

8. Unknown Shrews: Three Transformations of The/A Shrew
Helmer J. Helmers

9. ‘Ye sid ha taken my Counsel sir’: Restoration Satire and Theatrical Authority
Charles Conaway

10. ‘Darkenes was before light’: Hierarchy and Duality in The Taming of A Shrew
Graham Holderness

11. The Gendered Stomach in The Taming of the Shrew
Jan Purnis

12. The Tamer Tamed, or None Shall Have Prizes: “Equality” in Shakespeare’s England
David Wootton

13. Afterword: ‘Thus have I politicly ended my reign’
Ann Thompson

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