10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHREWISHNESS»
Discover the use of
shrewishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shrewishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Taming of the Shrew: Critical Essays
Consequently, her shrewishness does not appear to he a fixed quality of
temperament, as in A Merry Jest, but is her response to a familial imbalance. This
pattern, subtly apparent throughout the first scenes between father and daughters
, ...
2
Essays on Dramatic Traditions: Challenges and Transmissions
Consequently, her shrewishness does not appear to be a fixed quality of
temperament, as in A Merry Jest, but is her response to a familial imbalance. This
pattern, subtly apparent throughout the first scenes between father and daughters
, ...
3
The New Eclectic Magazine
tion in kind, when they generally come the worst off. For in a scolding' match, as
everywhere else, the heavier metal must tell, and when men are shrews at all
they surpass even the shrewishness of women. But though we can afford to
laugh at ...
4
This Noble Craft--: Proceedings of the Xth Research ...
It is the man's naively selfish expectations of married life that are here so
enthusiastically elaborated, and the comedy of the passage plays around these
expectations even more than around the shrewishness of real-life wives. Indeed
on this ...
It is the man's naively selfish expectations of married life that are here so
enthusiastically elaborated, and the comedy of the passage plays around these
expectations even more than around the shrewishness of real-life wives. What is
more ...
6
Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary
... the other brides, Bianca and the Widow, on wifely duty. To whatextent this
speechis another performance in contrast with anearlier public displayof
shrewishness, orwhether it expresses Katherina's own thoughtsisnot clear,
although both are ...
7
The Age of Thomas Nashe: Text, Bodies and Trespasses of ...
Nashe specifically recasts railingas shrewishness, andinastrategy typical ofhis
style produces ahybrid, onethat mixes educated, masculine railing,as exemplified
byAretino or Agrippa, with populist clichés of female shrewishness. He turns ...
Professor Steve Mentz, Professor Stephen Guy-Bray, Professor Joan Pong Linton, 2013
8
Chinese Femininities, Chinese Masculinities: A Reader
THE UNFEMININE WOMAN: SHREWISHNESS AS SOCIAL STRATEGY Nothing
illuminates more clearly the inseparability of femininity and virtue, or the limits of
women's power to reinterpret them, than the experiences of women who flouted ...
Susan Brownell, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, 2002
9
Shakespeare's Comic Commonwealths
Her shrewishness fulfills a socially defined stereotype as much as Bianca's
docility does. By usurping Kate's role of aggressive ill-temper and subjecting her
to a bewildering mixture of harshness and tenderness, Petruchio forces her to ...
Camille Wells Slights, 1993
10
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, ...
For in a scolding match, as everywhere else, the heavier metal must tell, and
when men are shrews at all they surpass even the shrewishness of women. But
though we can afford to laugh at it from a safe distance, the fault ot' shrewishness
is ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHREWISHNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
shrewishness is used in the context of the following news items.
'Far From the Madding Crowd': Carey Mulligan captivates in timeless …
They'll be charmed anyway by Mulligan's performance, which -- thanks to her ability to act with her eyes and to take a close-up -- never suggests shrewishness ... «cleveland.com, May 15»
Movie review: Love's Labour's Won
... beyond brilliant: Bennett perfectly captures Benedick's blowhard style, while Terry perfectly gets the tenderness, even insecurity beneath her shrewishness. «New Zealand Herald, May 15»
Williamston Theatre's whimsical 'Sirens' entertaining
Heck tackles an iffier role as his wife, requiring her to leap between warmth and shrewishness at the playwright's convenience; she usually (but not always) ... «Lansing State Journal, Apr 15»
Film Review: 'Domino Effect'
But if Natasha's impatience and lack of graciousness sometimes verge on shrewishness, there is no escaping the country's visible stagnation or the ... «Variety, Mar 15»
'Better Call Saul' Recap: Room With a View
Jimmy's comparison of Craig to nebbishy Ned Flanders was dead-on, but Betsy's delusional, self-righteous shrewishness isn't just overly broad and unfunny ... «RollingStone.com, Mar 15»
BWW Reviews: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, Brockley Jack …
But is there a Damascene Conversion off stage, in which Katherine sees the impact of her shrewishness on others and desists, turning in gratitude to Petruchio ... «Broadway World, Oct 14»
Families Feud Over Delhi Estates
Ms. Vira has created characters of transcendent shrewishness, whose preferred form of combat is reputational damage, often perpetrated over cafe tables. «New York Times, Sep 14»
'In the Beginning Was the Sea', by Tomás González
Elena, her youth and beauty shading into shrewishness, soon reveals a dependence on, and contempt for, the farm servants that can only bode ill. «Financial Times, Aug 14»
Jonah Miller
... dunked in water, was rarely used, but men accused of wife-beating defended themselves in court by accusing their wives, in turn, of scolding or shrewishness. «London Review of Books, Aug 14»
'Bad Words' Is Bad, All Right
That includes the two women in the film who, instead of being understandably annoyed by Trilby's antics, must embody different pinpoints on the shrewishness ... «PopMatters, Mar 14»
