Othello: The State of Play
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Othello: The State of Play

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Othello: The State of Play

About this book

Othello has a long history of provoking profound emotion in its audiences and readers. This 'freeze frame' volume showcases current debates and ideas about the play's provocative effects. Each chapter has been carefully selected for its originality and relevance to the needs of students, teachers, and researchers. Key issues and themes include:
- Gender, Love, and Desire
- Race, Ethnicity, and Difference
- Social Relations, Status, and Ambition
- Tragedy, Comedy, and Parody
- Language, Expression, and Characterization
All the essays offer new perspectives and combine to give readers an up-to-date understanding of what's exciting and challenging about Othello. The approach based on an individual play, unlike that of topic-based series, reflects how Shakespeare is most commonly studied and taught.

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Yes, you can access Othello: The State of Play by Lena Cowen Orlin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Letteratura & Teatro. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
The Arden Shakespeare
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781408184561
eBook ISBN
9781408184547
Edition
1
Topic
Letteratura
Subtopic
Teatro

Table of contents

  1. FC
  2. Half title
  3. The Arden Shakespeare State of Play Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Series Preface
  8. Notes on Contributors
  9. Introduction 1 Lena Cowen Orlin
  10. 1 Othello, Theatre Boundaries, and Audience Cognition Laurie Maguire
  11. 2 ‘All’s One’: Cinthio, Othello, and A Yorkshire Tragedy Lois Potter
  12. 3 ‘Speak[ing] Parrot’ and Ovidian Echoes in Othello: Recontextualizing Black Speech in the Global Re
  13. 4 Othello’s Black Handkerchief Ian Smith
  14. 5 Two Faced: The Problem of Othello’s Visage 121 Ambereen Dadabhoy
  15. 6 Eloquent Barbarians: Othello and the Critical Potential of Passionate Character 149 Lynn Enterline
  16. 7 Making Ambition Virtue? Othello, Small Wars, and Martial Profession 177 Ja mes Siemon
  17. 8 Othello’s Consummation 203 David Schalkwyk
  18. 9 Othello’s Double Diction 235 Robert N. Watson
  19. 10 Shakespeare’s Nobody 257 Colleen Ruth Rosenfeld
  20. Index