Shakespeare and Outsiders

by Marianne Novy

Some of Shakespeare's most memorable characters are treated as outsiders in at least part of their plays--Othello, Shylock, Malvolio, Katherine (the 'Shrew'), Edmund, Caliban, and many others. Marked as different and regarded with hostility by some in their society, many of these characters have become icons of group identity. While many critics use the term "outsider," this is the first book to analyse it as a relative identity and not a fixed one,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199642354
• ISBN13: 9780199642359
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.9"