New Cambridge Shakespeare: Othello

This third edition of Othello offers a completely new introduction by Christina Luckyj, providing readers with a nuanced understanding of early modern theatre and culture, and demonstrating how careful attention to Shakespeare's language, staging and dramaturgy can open up fresh interpretations of the play. Tracing critical and performance trends up to the present day, Luckyj shows how the drama taps into contemporary cultural paradoxes surrounding blackness, marriage, and politics to create a powerful double perspective, illuminating the creative and destructive power of stories and of human love itself. Supplemented by an updated reading list and extensive illustrations, this edition also features revised commentary notes, offering the very best in contemporary criticism of this great tragedy.

List of contents

Introduction; Note on the text; List of characters; The play; Supplementary notes; Textual analysis; Reading list.

About the author

Christina Luckyk is Professor of English at the Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia.

Summary

This third edition of Othello features a completely new, illustrated introduction, together with an updated commentary, notes and a revised reading list, providing students with a deep and up-to-date resource.

Product details

• Authors: William Shakespeare, SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM
• Assisted by: Norman Sanders (Editor), Luckyj Christina (Introduction)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781107569713
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56971-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare: The; The New Cambridge Shakespeare (NCS); The New Cambridge Shakespeare; The New Cambridge Shakespeare (NCS)
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes; Fiction > Poetry, drama; English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights