{"product_id":"the-tamer-tamed-or-the-celia-daileader-9780719053672","title":"The Tamer Tamed; Or, the Woman's Prize","description":"This is the first edition for students and general readers of this pro-woman reply to Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew' by a playwright (John Fletcher) who was more admired than Shakespeare in the seventeenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCo-edited by a feminist critic and a distinguished textual scholar, this new textbook makes clear why \"The Tamer Tamed\" should be restored to the theatrical repertoire and the literary canon. It includes the fullest commentary ever provided for the play, explaining for modern students Fletcher's verbal exuberance and his uninhibited sexual language. The full critical introduction describes the play's Renaissance context, its historical and literary sources (including Aristophanes's \"Lysistrata\"), and its subversive relationship to Shakespeare's \"Shrew\" and Ben Jonson's \"The Silent Woman\". It also surveys the play's subsequent theatrical and critical history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA unique and essential companion to the numerous textbook editions of Shakespeare's play, \"The Tamer Tamed\" provides exciting new material for current debates about the history of gender, marriage, and drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Celia Daileader, Gary Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0719053676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719053672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Celia Daileader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047283126527,"sku":"9780719053672","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_632c9065-8816-4f64-ac08-774d0455ee85.jpg?v=1684989316","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tamer-tamed-or-the-celia-daileader-9780719053672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}