Titre :	Othello (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	William Shakespeare, Auteur
Editeur :	UK : Cambridge University Press
Année de publication :	2018
Importance :	238 p
Format :	15.2 x 1.4 x 22.9 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-1-107-56971-3
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale :	820 Littérature de langue anglaise
Résumé :	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.

Othello (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) [texte imprimé] / William Shakespeare, Auteur . - UK : Cambridge University Press, 2018 . - 238 p ; 15.2 x 1.4 x 22.9 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-107-56971-3
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Index. décimale :

820 Littérature de langue anglaise

Résumé :

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.