October 29, 2024
The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: The Tale of Yalta the Shrew
Gila Fine
Why are shrews always so vicious? How did the ancient world view the male/female body? And what possessed Yalta to smash 400 bottles of her husband’s wine? The comic tale of Yalta, read through the Bible and Talmud, Aeschylus and Aristotle, Arabian Nights and Canterbury Tales, William Shakespeare and William Congreve, Charles Dickens and Charlotte Brontë.
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