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Creator
Date
2003
Location
Ithaca, N.Y.
New York (State)
United States
New York (State)
United States
Media format
Printed text
Extent
xi, 263 p.
Language
English
Size
24 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 123605
Folger call number: PR658.W6 B76 2003
Folger holdings ID: 115938
Folger call number: PR658.W6 B76 2003
Folger holdings ID: 115938
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-253) and index
Contents
Introduction : sauce for the gander -- Near neighbors, women's wars, and Merry wives -- Ale and female : gossips as players, alehouse as theater -- Between women, or All is fair at horn fair -- "O such a rogue would be hang'd!" : shrews versus wife beaters -- Scandalous pleasures : a coney-catcher and her public -- Griselda the fool -- Epilogue : the problem of fun
Also known as
Extended title: Better a shrew than a sheep : women, drama, and the culture of jest in early modern England / Pamela Allen Brown
Subjects
Related names
author: Brown, Pamela Allen