Othello (Barnes & Noble Shakespeare)

by David Scott Kastan (Editor), David Scott Kastan ( Editor ) (Author), David Kastan ( Introduction ) William Shakespeare (Author), Daniel Vitkus ( Editor ) (Author), Daniel Vitkus (Editor)

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  2007

  $12.70

  Othello is one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, with its tragic portrayal of jealousy and deception, descending into madness and murder remaining as shocking today as when it was first written. Part of the Barnes & Noble Shakespeare series, this features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from Great Britain and America, in collaboration with one of the world's foremost Shakespeare authorities, David Scott Kastan of Columbia University. Together they have produced texts as faithful as possible to those that Shakespeare wrote.

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  2007

  $3.25

  If anything, Othello has increased its stature as one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies ever since it was first written, between 1603 and 1604, due to the victimisation suffered by its tragic hero, Othello, as a result of his skin colour. Othello is a noble Moor , a North African Muslim who has converted to Christianity and is deemed one of the Venetian state's most reliable soldiers. However, his ensign Iago harbours an obscure hatred against his general, and when Othello secretly marries the beautiful daughter of the Venetian senator Brabanzio, Iago begins his subtle campaign of vilification, which will inevitably lead to the deaths of more than just Othello and Desdemona.

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  2009

  $14.05