Othello: A Critical Reader
Othello has long been, and remains, one of Shakespeare's most popular works. It is a favourite work of scholars, students, and general readers alike. Perhaps more than any other of Shakespeare's tragedies, this one seems to speak most clearly to contemporary readers and audiences, partly because it deals with such pressing modern issues as race, gender, multiculturalism, and the ways love, jealousy, and misunderstanding can affect relations between romantic partners. The play also features Iago, one of Shakespeare's most mesmerizing and puzzling villains.

This guide offers students and scholars an introduction to the play's critical and performance history, including notable stage productions and film versions. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further research.

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Othello: A Critical Reader
Othello has long been, and remains, one of Shakespeare's most popular works. It is a favourite work of scholars, students, and general readers alike. Perhaps more than any other of Shakespeare's tragedies, this one seems to speak most clearly to contemporary readers and audiences, partly because it deals with such pressing modern issues as race, gender, multiculturalism, and the ways love, jealousy, and misunderstanding can affect relations between romantic partners. The play also features Iago, one of Shakespeare's most mesmerizing and puzzling villains.

This guide offers students and scholars an introduction to the play's critical and performance history, including notable stage productions and film versions. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further research.

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Othello: A Critical Reader

Othello: A Critical Reader

Othello: A Critical Reader

Othello: A Critical Reader

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Overview

Othello has long been, and remains, one of Shakespeare's most popular works. It is a favourite work of scholars, students, and general readers alike. Perhaps more than any other of Shakespeare's tragedies, this one seems to speak most clearly to contemporary readers and audiences, partly because it deals with such pressing modern issues as race, gender, multiculturalism, and the ways love, jealousy, and misunderstanding can affect relations between romantic partners. The play also features Iago, one of Shakespeare's most mesmerizing and puzzling villains.

This guide offers students and scholars an introduction to the play's critical and performance history, including notable stage productions and film versions. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further research.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472520371
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/27/2015
Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Guides
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Robert C. Evans is Professor of English at Auburban University Montgomery, USA, where he has been named Distinguished Teaching Professor, Distinguished Research Professor, and second AUM Alumni Professor, and in 2011 was also named I. B. Young professor of English. He is the author or editor of over thirty books, including volumes on Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and seventeenth-century women writers.

Table of Contents

Series Introduction;
Othello Timeline;
Introduction;
The Critical Backstory RICHARD HARP
Performance History: CHRISTOPHER BAKER
The State of the Art: IMTIAZ HABIB

New Directions:
1.Othello as an Englishman: MATTHEW STEGGLE
2.Iago: Male Witch and Black Magician: ROBERT C. EVANS
3.Othello, the Turks, and Cyprus: RAPHAEL FALCO
4. Othello and His Brothers: LISA HOPKINS

Resources for Teaching and Studying Othello: ALISON SCOTT
Notes on the Contributors;
Index

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