In this Book
- Othello and Interpretive Traditions
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Iowa Press
- Series: Studies Theatre Hist & Culture
summary
During the past twenty years or so, Othello has become the Shakespearean tragedy that speaks most powerfully to our contemporary concerns. Focusing on race and gender (and on class, ethnicity, sexuality, and nationality), the play talks about what audiences want to talk about. Yet at the same time, as refracted through Iago, it forces us to hear what we do not want to hear; like the characters in the play, we become trapped in our own prejudicial malice and guilt.
Table of Contents
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- Chapter 2: Disconfirmation
- pp. 30-52
- Chapter 3: lago
- pp. 53-78
- Chapter 4: The Fall of Othello
- pp. 79-112
- Chapter 5: The "Pity" Act
- pp. 113-140
- Chapter 6: Death without Transfiguration
- pp. 141-168
- Afterword: Interpretation as Contamination
- pp. 169-182
- Appendix: "Character Endures"
- pp. 183-192
- Works Cited
- pp. 231-246
Additional Information
ISBN
9781587292972
Related ISBN(s)
9780877456858, 9781609380991
MARC Record
OCLC
50416083
Pages
270
Launched on MUSE
2012-07-31
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1999