The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare

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Suggestions for Further Reading

Aspinall, Diana. The Taming of the Shrew: Critical Essays. New York and London: Routledge, 2002.

Boughner, Daniel C. The Braggart in Renaissance Comedy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1954.

Brink, Jean R., Maryanne C. Horowitz, and Allison P. Coudert, eds. Playing with Gender: A Renaissance Pursuit. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991.

Dolan, Frances E. The Taming of the Shrew: Texts and Contexts. New York: Bedford Books of St. Martin’s Press, 1996.

Dusinberre, Juliet. Shakespeare and the Nature of Women (3rd edition). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 1991.

Swisher, Clarice, Bruno Leone, and Scott Barbour, eds. Readings on the Comedies of William Shakespeare. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003.

Smith, Emma. The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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