The Taming of the Shrew

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : Courier Corporation
• Release : 11 July 1997

A rough-and-tumble farce centered around a lively battle of the sexes, The Taming of the Shrew brims with action and bawdy humor. The unconventional romance between a lusty fortune-hunter and a bitter shrew unfolds to the accompaniment of witty, fast-paced dialogue and physical humor in this excellent introduction to Shakespearean comedy. The freebooter Petruchio arrives in Padua to hear of Katharina, a beautiful heiress whose waspish rants and caustic personality have repelled all attempts at courtship. Professing to admire a

• Author : William Shakespeare,Barbara Hodgdon
• Publisher : A&C Black
• Release : 26 April 2010

A major new edition of Shakespeare's much performed and adapted comedy edited and introduced by a leading scholar.

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : OUP Oxford
• Release : 21 February 2013

The Taming of the Shrew is a popular text for study by secondary students the world over. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists and classroom notes.

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : Bantam Classics
• Release : 01 January 1988

A comedy of Petruchio's determination to subdue the irascible Katherine and to make her his wife

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : Cliffs Notes
• Release : 29 March 2001

In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature. CliffsComplete The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most beloved, and imitated, works. In this play within a play, Petruchio, the man from Verona, marries Kate (the shrew of the story), so that Kate's younger sister Bianca may be

• Author : Christopher Garcez
• Publisher : Research & Education Assoc.
• Release : 28 July 1996

REA's MAXnotes for William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew The MAXnotes offers a comprehensive summary and analysis of The Taming of the Shrew and a biography of William Shakespeare. Places the events of the play in historical context and discusses each act in detail. Includes study questions and answers along with topics for papers and sample outlines.

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : Book Jungle
• Release : 30 July 2008

Can a man tame an ill-tempered woman? Petruchio thinks he is up to the task in The Taming of the Shrew. William Shakespeare (1564 ż 1616) is the most influential writer in English history. Shakespeare has been called The Barb of Avon and Englandżs national poet. There are 2 narrative poems, 154 sonnets and 38 plays in his collected works. He began work as an actor and writer in London first writing comedies and historic plays. He later wrote tragedies. Romeo and Juliet, MacBeth and

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : HarperCollins UK
• Release : 12 September 2013

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• Author : BookCaps,William Shakespeare
• Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
• Release : 28 July 2021

The Taming of the Shrew is timeless. The films 10 Things I Hate About You and Deliver us from Eva were each based on the play; the classic western McLintock! even had an episode about the show. But if you have tried to read it and simply stopped because you don't get it, then you are not alone. Let's face it..if you don't understand Shakespeare, then you are not alone. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : Uitgeverij De Boeck Secundair onderwijs
• Release : 18 February 2013

Komedie over geld, liefde en huwelijk. Met informatie over de auteur, het stuk, verschillende oefeningen en woordverklaringen in het Engels.

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : Collins
• Release : 28 July 2021

The beautiful Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. But when she is pursued by the wily Petruchio, it seems that she has finally met her match, and as he meets her own caustic words with a feigned cruelty, she comes to understand the absurdity of her shrewish behaviour.

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : Courier Corporation
• Release : 17 June 2010

A charismatic politician's assassination leads to a civil war in Shakespeare's drama of ancient Rome. Written in 1599 about an event from more than 2,000 years ago, this historical play continues to captivate modern audiences with its memorable characters, poetic speeches, and profound examination of the conflicting claims of ambition, ethics, and loyalty. With its compelling insights into history and human nature, Julius Caesar often serves as an introduction to the works of Shakespeare — and this Dover Thrift Study Edition offers a

• Author : Jennifer Flaherty,Heather C. Easterling
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 25 March 2021

The Taming of the Shrew has puzzled, entertained and angered audiences, and it has been reinvented many times throughout its controversial history. Offering a focused overview of key emerging ideas and discourses surrounding Shakespeare's problematic comedy, the volume reveals and debates how contemporary readings and adaptions of the play have sought to reconsider and resolve the play's contentious portrayal of gender, power and identity. Each chapter has been carefully selected for its originality and relevance to the needs of students,

• Author : Kate Maurer
• Publisher : Cliffs Notes
• Release : 28 November 2000

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on The Taming of the Shrew, you explore one of Shakespeare's most beloved, and imitated, works. In this play within a play, Petruchio, the man from Verona, marries Kate (the shrew of the story), so that Kate's younger sister Bianca

• Author : William Shakespeare
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release : 01 November 2016

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition This edition of The Taming of the Shrew is edited with an introduction and notes by series editor Stephen Orgel and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series. Cover artist Manuja Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for