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.
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Burton Raffel is Distinguished 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, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, and Yvain, all published by Yale University Press. Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University, is the author of many books, including The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?
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Sly I'll pheeze you, in faith. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Signior Gremio, Signior Baptista, Petruchio Come, Christopher Sly, Petruchio Nay, Signior Lucentio, Baptista Minola, Signior Hortensio, Hortensio Petruchio, Hortensio Sir, Lucentio Tranio, Petruchio Well, Tranio Master, Baptista Gentlemen, Hortensio Madam, Kate Nay, Kate Well, Petruchio Sir, The Taming of the Shrew, Tranio Sir, Tranio That New!
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Sly I'll pheeze you, in faith. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Signior Gremio, Signior Baptista, Petruchio Come, Christopher Sly, Petruchio Nay, Signior Lucentio, Baptista Minola, Signior Hortensio, Hortensio Petruchio, Hortensio Sir, Lucentio Tranio, Petruchio Well, Tranio Master, Baptista Gentlemen, Hortensio Madam, Kate Nay, Kate Well, Petruchio Sir, The Taming of the Shrew, Tranio Sir, Tranio That New!
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