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... Petruchio and Katherina are certainly Shakespeare's , the underplot of Bianca's lovers is mainly the work of another . This conclusion is based on the evidence not only of characteri- zation and dramatic structure , but also of such ...
... Petruchio and Katherina are certainly Shakespeare's , the underplot of Bianca's lovers is mainly the work of another . This conclusion is based on the evidence not only of characteri- zation and dramatic structure , but also of such ...
Page xi
... Petruchio and Grumio are the prominent figures , together with the general effect produced by scattering lines and words and phrases here and there , and removing others elsewhere , throughout the rest of the play . ” Later scholars ...
... Petruchio and Grumio are the prominent figures , together with the general effect produced by scattering lines and words and phrases here and there , and removing others elsewhere , throughout the rest of the play . ” Later scholars ...
Page xiii
... Petruchio . Henslowe's diary of 1602 shows clearly that Dekker afterwards treated the Taming theme in " . a comody called a medyson for a curste wiffe " how we can only guess . The theme was evidently dear to Dekker , for he used it yet ...
... Petruchio . Henslowe's diary of 1602 shows clearly that Dekker afterwards treated the Taming theme in " . a comody called a medyson for a curste wiffe " how we can only guess . The theme was evidently dear to Dekker , for he used it yet ...
Page xiv
... Petruchio . In Fletcher's hands the jolly wooer , so firm of purpose , becomes a sorry figure . Though haunted by memories of his dead wife , Katherina , whose shrewishness alone survives in his dreams , he weds a second , Maria , who ...
... Petruchio . In Fletcher's hands the jolly wooer , so firm of purpose , becomes a sorry figure . Though haunted by memories of his dead wife , Katherina , whose shrewishness alone survives in his dreams , he weds a second , Maria , who ...
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... Petruchio , which was first presented in 1754 , easily reduces the original to the compass of three acts by omit- ting the underplot as well as the Induction . " Bianca lost her lovers and the play its drunkard . " The revision thus ...
... Petruchio , which was first presented in 1754 , easily reduces the original to the compass of three acts by omit- ting the underplot as well as the Induction . " Bianca lost her lovers and the play its drunkard . " The revision thus ...
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