Brown, Pamela Allen. Better a shrew than a sheep : women, drama, and the culture of jest in early modern England

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