Tragedy of Othello : The Moor of Venice

by Shakespeare, William; Kernan, Alvin

• ISBN13: 9780451526854
• ISBN10: 0451526856
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780451501622, 9780451505651, 9780451507563, 9780451509581, 9780451512116, 9780451513496, 9780451516176, 9780451517401, 9780451520586, 9780451521323
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: PENGUIN
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Summary

Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. This book contains information on the source from which Shakespeare derived "Othello"--selections from Giraldi Cinthio's "Hecatommithi." Special introduction by Alvin Kernan, Princeton University.

Author Biography

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was a poet, playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare's vast body of work includes comedic, tragic, and historical plays; poems; and 154 sonnets. His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Table of Contents

Shakespeare: An Overview	p. vii
Biographical Sketch	p. vii
A Note on the Anti-Stratfordians, Especially Baconians and Oxfordians	p. xi
The Shakespeare Canon	p. xv
Shakespeare's English	p. xviii
Shakespeare's Theater	p. xxvi
A Note on the Use of Boy Actors in Female Roles	p. xxxiii
Shakespeare's Dramatic Language: Costumes, Gestures and Silences; Prose and Poetry	p. xxxvi
The Play Test as a Collaboration	p. xliii
Editing Texts	p. xlix
Shakespeare on the Stage	p. liv
Introduction	p. lxiii
The Tragedy of Othello	p. 1
Textual Note	p. 129
The Source of Othello	p. 134
Selection from Hecatommithi	p. 134
Commentaries	p. 147
Othello	p. 149
The Jacobean Shakespeare: Some Observations on the Construction of the Tragedies	p. 152
"I wooed thee with my sword": Shakespeare's Tragic Paradigms	p. 188
Othello in Vienna, 1991	p. 211
Othello on Stage and Screen	p. 217
Suggested References	p. 233
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