Understanding Othello: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

by Faith Nostbakken

Book Overview

Although Othello has been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, its performance history has been marked with risk and tension because of the play's focus on racial prejudice, gender conflict, and sexuality. The controversies surrounding conflicting attitudes toward race and religion, love and marriage, and war and the military in Shakespeare's time are reflected in the tragic plot and thematic ambiguities of Othello. This interdisciplinary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313309868
• ISBN13: 9780313309861
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"