The Taming of the Shrew (Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages)
Contributors: Harold Bloom (Editor); Pamela Loos (Editor)
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Published: November 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780791095980
Subjects: English literature: Shakespeare criticism; Shakespeare studies & criticism; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Juvenile Nonfiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Plays / Drama; English; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12); English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; General; Shakespeare; Study guides, home study & revision notes; Literary Criticism & Collections; Drama; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Sex role
First sentence: The Taming of the Shrew begins with the very odd two scenes of the Induction, in which a noble practical joker gulls the drunken tinker, Christopher Sly, into the delusion that he is a great lord about to see a performance of Kate and Petruchio's drama.