Better a shrew than a sheep
Subtitle: women, drama, and the culture of jest in early modern England
By: Pamela Allen Brown.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century.; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.; English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism.; English drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism.; English wit and humor -- History and criticism.; Jestbooks, English -- History.; Comic, The, in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Women in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : sauce for the gander; title: Near neighbors, women's wars, and merry wives; title: Ale and female : gossips as players, alehouse as theater; title: Between women, or, All is fair at horn fair; title: "O such a rogue would be hang'd!" shrews versus wife beaters; title: Scandalous pleasures : a coney-catcher and her public; title: Griselda the fool; title: Epilogue : the problem of fun.