William Shakespeare: Othello: Essays, Articles, Reviews

Book Overview

Othellois perhaps Shakespeare's most troublesome tragedy. While it has retained its popularity on the stage, many critics have struggled to come to terms with it. The Romantics warmed to the figure of Othello himself and wrung their hands over the plight of Desdemona; the Modernists looked down on the play as an achievement of Shakespeare's stagecraft rather than of his imagination. Excerpting and discussing the critical history of the play from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231124295
• ISBN13: 9780231124294
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher