William Shakespeare

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

William Shakespeare's classic play Othello, featuring valuable tools for educators and readers, from the esteemed Folger Shakespeare Library, home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works.

In Othello, William Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona that begins with elopement and mutual devotion and ends with jealous rage and death. Shakespeare builds many differences into his hero and heroine, including race, age, and cultural background. Yet most readers and audiences believe the couple's strong love would overcome these differences were it not for Iago, who sets out to destroy Othello. Iago's false insinuations about Desdemona's infidelity draw Othello into his schemes, and Desdemona is subjected to Othello's horrifying verbal and physical assaults.

The authoritative edition of Othello from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes:

--Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

--Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

--Scene-by-scene plot summaries

--A key to famous lines and phrases

--An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language

--Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books

--An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

Othello

4b571cc9-1f12-46fa-ac16-a2782e123dfd-1

Very slight crease in the back cover #paperback #classic #shakespeare 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

With Detailed Notes from the World's Leading Shakespeare Studies

A discussion of the sources and historical background of the play accompanies the text and critical commentaries.

"Sources and Contexts" reprints the sixteenth-century story by Giraldi Cinthio that Shakespeare used for the plot of Othello and for many of its details. Edward Pechter's essay provides context for readers through its discussion of the play's central topics--Moors, Turks, Venetians, marriage and domesticity, fathers and daughters, and female sexuality.Seventeen wide-ranging interpretive essays are reprinted. Contributors include Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, T. S. Eliot, Kenneth Burke, Lynda E. Boose, Mark Rose, and Patricia Parker.An annotated Selected Bibliography is also included.

Category - Fiction / Drama

Format - Paperback

Condition - Fair

Listed - 6 days ago

Ships From - New York

Est. Publication Date - Jun 2017

Othello

ISBN: 9781501146299

Publisher Description

Othello

By:

$1.50

Meet the seller

Discover more

Othello

By: William Shakespeare

Pango Buyer Protection

More from this seller

Additional titles by William Shakespeare

'Othello' readers also enjoyed:

Recently Viewed

Browse by categories

Category - Fiction / Drama

Format - Paperback

Condition - Fair

Listed - 6 days ago

Ships From - New York

Est. Publication Date - Jun 2017

Othello

ISBN: 9781501146299

Publisher Description

Othello

By:

$1.50

Meet the seller

Discover more

Othello

By: William Shakespeare

Pango Buyer Protection

More from this seller

Additional titles by William Shakespeare

'Othello' readers also enjoyed:

Recently Viewed