Othello

by Shakespeare, William; Raffel, Burton

• ISBN13: 9780300108071
• ISBN10: 0300108079
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

One of the most powerful dramas ever written for the stage, Othello is a story of revenge, illusion, passion, mistrust, jealousy, and murder. If in Iago Shakespeare created the most compelling villain in Western literature, in Othello and Desdemona he gave us our most tragic and unforgettable lovers.

Author Biography

BURTON RAFFEL is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities Emeritus and Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are Poems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, and Yvain, all published by Yale University Press. HAROLD BLOOM, Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University, is the author of many books, including The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
About the Play	p. v
Leading Characters in the Play	p. xii
Synopsis	p. xiii
Othello: commentary	p. xv
Time Sequences in Othello	p. xviii
Shakespeare's Verse	p. xix
Source, Date, and Text	p. xx
Characters in the Play	p. xxi
Othello	p. 1
The 'Willow' Song	p. 145
The Source of Othello	p. 147
What the Critics have said	p. 153
Classwork and Examinations	p. 155
Discussion of Themes and Topics	p. 155
Character Study	p. 156
Activities	p. 157
Context Questions	p. 158
Critical Appreciation	p. 159
Essays	p. 160
Projects	p. 161
Background	p. 162
Government	p. 162
Religion	p. 162
Education	p. 163
Language	p. 163
Drama	p. 163
Theatre	p. 164
Suggested Further Reading	p. 167
William Shakespeare, 1564-1616	p. 168
List of Shakespeare's Plays	p. 170
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