'The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare.' From the preface to the original edition.
This study is a major exercise in the historicisation of Othello in which the author examines contemporary writings and demonstrates how they were embedded in the text of Othello: discourse about conflict between Turk and Venetian treatises ...
With a foreword by the renowned critic Fred Moten, this edition is the first of its kind and puts Othello’s blackness and interiority front and center, forcing us to confront the complex world that ultimately dooms him.
I will play the swan, And die in music: [Singing] Willow, willow, willow – Moor, she was chaste; she loved thee, cruel Moor; So come my soul to bliss, as I speak true; So speaking as I think, I die, I die. I have another weapon in this ...
–BRUCE R. SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA lthough other Shakespeare plays offer higher body counts, more gore, and more plentiful scenes of heartbreak, Othello packs an unusually powerful affective punch, stunning us with its ...
Instead he riveted viewers' attention by means of the psychological intensity that informed the minutest details of his meticulously observed performance: his hoarding of '[a] little 1 Michael Billington, Guardian, 11 May 1984; ...
A prose retelling of Shakespeare's play in which a jealous general is duped into thinking that his wife has been unfaithful, with tragic consequences. Includes background information, character summary, and commonly asked questions.
The new Pelican Shakespeare series incorporates the more than thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the acclaimed original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967.
Enter RODERIGO and IAGORODERIGOTush! never tell me; I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this.IAGO'Sblood, but you will not hear me: If ever I did dream of such a ...
In the board game 'Othello', players must turn double-sided counters to their advantage.
If anything, Othello has increased its stature as one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies ever since it was first written, between 1603 and 1604, due to the victimisation suffered by its tragic hero, Othello, as a result of his skin colour.