【图书简介】 This edition of Othello provides:A clear and authoritative text,edited to the highest standards of scholarship.Detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text.A full,illustrated introduction to the play's historical,cultural and performance contexts.An in -depth survey of critical approaches to the play.A full index to the introduction and notes.A select bibliography of references and further reading.With a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary,The Arden Shakespeare is the finest edition of Shakespeare you can find.-读书网|DuShu.com
【本书目录】 List of illustrations General editors' preface Preface Introduction The greatest tragedy? Date, text anal principal source Shakespeare and the Barbarians Preliminary reading Venice in the sixteenth century Cyprus Cinthio Character criticism Othello Otherness Iago Desdemona Emilia Relationships Sex and love Feminism Morality and 'the moral' Stereotypes Plot Genre Language Stage imagery The play in the theatre Again: the greatest tragedy? THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, THE MOOR OF VENICE Longer notes Appendices 1 Date 2 The textualproblem 3 Cinthio and minor sources 4 Edward Pudsey's extracts from Othello 5 Musical settings for songs in Othello (Musical adviser: Helen Wilcox) Abbreviations and references Abbreviations used in notes Shakespeare's works and works partly by Shakespeare Editions of Shakespeare collated Other works Index