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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Pechter, Edward, 1941- Othello and interpretive traditions. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1999 (OCoLC)607342648 Online version: Pechter, Edward, 1941- Othello and interpretive traditions. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1999 (OCoLC)607713208 |
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| Named Person: | William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare; William Shakespeare |
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edward Pechter |
| ISBN: | 0877456852 9780877456858 |
| OCLC Number: | 40996068 |
| Description: | xii, 255 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction. Othello and Interpretive Traditions -- Ch. 1. Othello in Theatrical and Critical History -- Ch. 2. Disconfirmation -- Ch. 3. Iago -- Ch. 4. The Fall of Othello -- Ch. 5. The "Pity" Act -- Ch. 6. Death without Transfiguration -- Afterword. Interpretation as Contamination -- App. "Character Endures" |
| Series Title: | Studies in theatre history and culture. |
| Responsibility: | Edward Pechter. |
Abstract:
"During the past twenty years or so, Othello has become the Shakespearean tragedy that speaks most powerfully to our contemporary concerns. Focusing on race and gender (and on class, ethnicity, sexuality, and nationality), the play talks about what audiences want to talk about. Yet at the same time, as refracted through Iago, it forces us to hear what we do not want to hear - like the characters in the play, we become trapped in our own prejudicial malice and guilt." "In this study, Edward Pechter describes the play's design and effects in a way that accounts for its extraordinary power to engage the interests of audiences and readers not just in our time but throughout history."--BOOK JACKET.
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