Othello has delighted and disturbed theatre audiences for four centuries and remains one of the most frequently performed and widely studied of Shakespeare's plays. This broad-ranging guide introduces: the play's contexts, including an overview, chronology and reprinted contemporary documents critical responses, through a brief critical history and reprinted critical texts with explanatory headnotes the play in performance, through a selection of clearly introduced readings. Andrew Hadfield then examines key passages of the play in detail. Each passage is reprinted in full, with a headnote and annotations explaining Shakespeare's language and relevant critical issues. Cross-references throughout link together the contextual materials, critical responses and the play's text.
Edited by:
Andrew Hadfield (University of Sussex Brighton UK) Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 380g ISBN:9780415227339 ISBN 10: 041522733X Series:Routledge Guides to Literature Pages: 196 Publication Date:05 December 2002 Audience:
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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College/higher education
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Children's (6-12)
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Andrew Hadfield is Professor of English at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Visiting Professor of English at Columbia University.