Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-253) and index.

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.

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Language: eng
Physical Description: xi, 263 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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