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

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

Author/creator	Brown, Pamela Allen
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Description	xi, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 --History and criticism. Women and literature--England --History --16th century. Women and literature--England --History --17th century. English drama--17th century --History and criticism. English drama (Comedy)--History and criticism. English wit and humor--History and criticism. Jestbooks, English--History. Comic, The, in literature. Sex role in literature. Women in literature.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-253) and index.
LCCN	2002011310
ISBN	0801440246 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0801488362 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR658.W6 B76 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold