Ann Thompson Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

The core of the ground-breaking, three text edition, this self-contained, free-standing volume gives readers the Second Quarto text (1604-5) and includes in its Introduction, notes and Appendices all the reader might expect to find in any standard Arden edition. As well as a full, illustrated Introduction to the play?s historical, cultural and performance contexts and a thorough survey of critical approaches to the play, an appendix contains the additional passages found only in the 1623 text. The core of the ground-breaking, three text edition, this self-contained, free-standing volume gives readers the Second Quarto text (1604-5) and includes in its Introduction, notes and Appendices all the reader might expect to find in any standard Arden edition. As well as a full, illustrated Introduction to the play?s historical, cultural and performance contexts and a thorough survey of critical approaches to the play, an appendix contains the additional passages found only in the 1623 text.

Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot, And place your hands below your husband´s foot. In token of which duty, if he please, My hand is ready, may it do him ease. Žena nech iné nič si neželá, len padnúť k nohám svojho manžela. Nech mi aj prsty postúpa - keď kvôli nemu to znášam, neviem, že to bolí. Proti posledným slovám, ktoré v tejto hre vysloví už skrotená Katarína, sa občas búria feministky - no Shakespeare sa môže iba usmievať. Veď tá čertica je nielen jednou z jeho najkrajších, ale i jednou z najemancipovanejších hrdiniek. Ktovie, či pokora, ktorú predvádza na záver, nie je len ukážkou, ako vedia ženy pri ovládaní mužov šikovne striedať stratégie. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) nebol len veľký dramatik - bude sa o ňom vždy hovoriť aj ako o najväčšom básnikovi divadla. Aj nový slovenský preklad je dielom básnika - hru preložil Ľubomír Feldek. Preklad sa opiera o najlepšie kritické vydanie THE ARDEN SHAKESPEARE.