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Othello: Authoritative Text, Sources and Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)

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Othello: Authoritative Text, Sources and Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)

The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the First Folio, printed in 1623. Additions and emendations adopted from the First Quarto (1622) appear in the Textual Notes that follow the play. Othello is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.
â‚¬Å“Sources and Contextsâ‚¬Â reprints the sixteenth-century story by Giraldi Cinthio that Shakespeare used for the plot of Othello and for many of its details. Edward Pechterâ‚¬s essay provides context for readers through its discussion of the playâ‚¬s central topicsâ‚¬â€¢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.
Country USA
Manufacturer W W Norton & Co Inc
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2003-12-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393976151

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