Othello, the moor of Venice /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Uniform title:	Othello
Imprint:	Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 491 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	The Oxford Shakespeare Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1982.
Subject:	Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. -- Othello. Othello -- (Fictitious character from Shakespeare) -- Drama. Othello -- (Fictitious character from Shakespeare) Othello (Shakespeare, William) Interracial marriage -- Drama. Jealousy -- Drama. Muslims -- Drama. Interracial marriage. Jealousy. Muslims. Venice (Italy) -- Drama. Italy -- Venice. Electronic books. Drama.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152667

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Other authors / contributors:	Neill, Michael.
ISBN:	9780191568473 0191568473 9786610753284 6610753288 9780191732546 0191732540 9781429470087 1429470089 0198129203 9780198129202 9780192814517 0192814516
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Designed to meet the needs of theatre professionals, as well as general readers, this edition of Shakespeare's 'Othello' includes an extensive performance history, a commentary illuminating the complexities of Shakespeare's language, and an appendix on the music in the play.
Other form:	Print version: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello. Othello, the moor of Venice. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 9780198129202 0198129203

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Reception
Sources
Setting, characters, and plot
The time scheme
The play in performance
Playing black
Othello and Iago
Desdemona
Emilia and Bianca
Cassio and Roderigo
Interpretation
Reading blackness
"Othello" and discovery
"Othello" and the monstrous
Place, office, and occupation
Love, service, and identity
The place of women
Conclusion
Editorial procedures
Abbreviations and references
The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
Appendix A. The date of the play
Appendix B. The texts of the play
The textual problem
Quarto and Folio
The scholarly debate
Conclusion
Appendix C. Giraldi Cinthio : "Gli Hecatommithi," third decade, seventh novella / translated by Bruno Ferraro
Appendix D. The music in the play / Linda Phyllis Austern
Appendix E. Alterations to lineation
Appendix F. Longer notes.

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