Othello
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 07, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781107129085
Description: "This third edition of Othello offers a completely new introduction by Christina Luckyj, providing readers with a nuanced understanding of early modern theatre and culture, and demonstrating how careful attention to Shakespeare's language, staging and dramaturgy can open up fresh interpretations of the play. Tracing critical and performance trends up to the present day, Luckyj shows how the drama taps into contemporary cultural paradoxes surrounding blackness, marriage and politics to create a powerful double perspective, illuminating the creative and destructive power of stories and of human love itself. Supplemented by an updated Reading list and extensive illustrations, the edition also features revised commentary notes, offering the very best in contemporary criticism of this great tragedy."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Source title: Othello (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)