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Literary history—generic models and conventions, both popular and elite—shaped the way Shakespeare represents the play's characters and action. Popular medieval ...

Nowhere in literature is the term shrew—broadly, and in particular in early modern contexts, meaning a bad-tempered, scolding, unruly woman—defined in detail.

Some contemporary readers may view Shrew as a misogynistic work, but it really is much more. It is a work based in historical debate and, in fact, ends more ...

2018年9月15日 — A bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman.' The two are difficult to equate, so what are the origins of the vilification of a small mammal ...

由 LO Vasvári 著作 · 2001 · 被引用 11 次 — The shrew-taming story is a master plot of both Eastern and Western folklore and literature. The oft- told tale is concerned with the processes of power ...

2019年12月10日 — A shrewish woman is a woman who is biting and sarcastic, temperamental and out of male control.

The word later came to be used to describe a nagging, ill-tempered woman, as in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Unless you are a famous dead ...

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, ...