The Taming of the Shrew (Wordsworth Classics)

Shakespeare, William

ISBN 10: 1853260797 / ISBN 13: 9781853260797

Published by Wordsworth Editions, 1993

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.

Seller Inventory # CHL4602297

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Taming of the Shrew (Wordsworth Classics)
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853260797
• ISBN 13: 9781853260797
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Good

About this title

Synopsis

Edited, introduced and annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.

The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.

The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most famous and controversial of Shakespeare’s comedies. The central relationship, in which Petruchio boisterously ‘tames’ a rebellious Kate, has often appeared problematic. In the theatre, it has been treated in a diversity of ways, so that Kate’s apparent capitulation varies between the ironic and the sincere. Feminists have been divided in their responses. The provocative vitality of this comedy has been transmitted by numerous adaptations for stage and screen, notably the film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and the Cole Porter musical, Kiss Me, Kate.

About the Author

William Shakespeare (15640-1616) needs little introduction. As we approach the four-hundredth anniversary of his death, his reputation as one of the greatest writers in the English language is undeniable - except by those who attribute his works to other writers.