The Taming of the Shrew
Published on 1. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-300-10982-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world's greatest dramatist
In one of Shakespeare's bawdier comedies, contemporary audiences still take great pleasure in the rapid-fire verbal battles between the shrewish Katharina and the canny Petruchio, determined to subdue Katharina's legendary temper and win her dowry. This fully annotated version of The Taming of the Shrew makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century.
Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and prosody and provides alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations give readers all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations.
In one of Shakespeare's bawdier comedies, contemporary audiences still take great pleasure in the rapid-fire verbal battles between the shrewish Katharina and the canny Petruchio, determined to subdue Katharina's legendary temper and win her dowry. This fully annotated version of The Taming of the Shrew makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century.
Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and prosody and provides alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations give readers all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations.
Reviews / Votes
Selected by the Association of American University Presses for Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries, 2006Selected by the Association of American University Presses as an Outstanding Book for Public and Secondary School Libraries, 2005
Featured by the American Library Association as one of the "Best of the Best from the University Presses: Books you should know about"
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-10982-5 (9780300109825)
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Other editions
Additional editions
William Shakespeare | Burton Raffel
The Taming of the Shrew
E-Book
10/2008
1st Edition
Yale University Press
€12.49
Available for download
Persons
Burton Raffel (1928-2015) was professor of arts and humanities emeritus and professor of English emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are Poems and Prose from the Old English, Cliges, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, and Yvain. Harold Bloom (1930-2019) was Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. His many books include The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds.