by William Shakespeare · Oxford University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192836090
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«The Taming of the Shrew» is the comedy by William Shakespeare, published by Oxford University Press in paperback (248 pages, in English).
The play is set in Padua, where young Bianca cannot marry until her sister Katherine, of aggressive temperament, finds a husband. The adventurer Petruchio accepts the challenge of courting her and, through his particular wit, attempts to transform her character. One of Shakespeare's early comedies, written around 1592, combining plots, sharp dialogue and a critical look at relations between men and women in the sixteenth century.
Edition included in the Oxford World's Classics series, with introduction and study by editor H. J. Oliver.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
