Othello /
"This second edition of Othello updates the first (Bristol Classical Press, 1987), both chronologically and conceptually. It includes consideration of productions from the last seventeen years, and reconsiders earlier material in the light of more recent critical attitudes. Post-colonial and fe...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Shakespeare in production.
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| Summary: | "This second edition of Othello updates the first (Bristol Classical Press, 1987), both chronologically and conceptually. It includes consideration of productions from the last seventeen years, and reconsiders earlier material in the light of more recent critical attitudes. Post-colonial and feminist studies have had an impact on the way Othello is perceived and interpreted. The question of blacked-up/black/colour-blind casting and the significance of white and/or black audiences in different political and racial contexts have recently become much more clearly articulated. In the process, Shakespeare himself has not escaped the charge of racism. Equally, the position of Desdemona has received more focused attention, both as the forbidden object of desire within a racial framework and as a woman in her own right. This edition takes account of these developments in criticism, in the theatre, on film and in the adaptations which set out to interrogate Shakespeare's text."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-306) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521834589 (hardcover) 0521542367 (pbk.) |
| FOLIO Link: | View instance in FOLIO |