"Playing with Appetite in Early Modern Comedy" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc355/ Author: Nunn, Hillary M. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Craik, Shakespearean Sensations: Experiencing Literature in Early Modern England, 101–17. : Craik, Shakespearean Sensations: Experiencing Literature in Early Modern England Annotation: Focuses on Taming of the Shrew to consider how representations of feasting and hunger in Shakespeare's comedies stimulate the audience's appetite, arguing that "inducing hunger serves both a practical and a literary purpose: it encourages sales of playhouse refreshments, while also intensifying audience empathy." Language: English Persons: Craik, Katharine A.; Pollard, Tanya Keywords: feast; hunger; appetite; empathy Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Taming of the Shrew WSB Update: Fall 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc355