"The Taming of the Shrew" has been the subject of critical controversy.Dana Aspinall writes "Since its first appearance, some time between 1588 and 1594, "Shrew" has elicited a panoply of heartily supportive, ethically uneasy, or altogether disgusted responses to its rough-and-tumble treatment of the 'taming' of the 'curst shrew' Katherina, and obviously, of all potentially unruly wives."