This is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello, the Moor, transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. In its vivid rendering of racism, sexism, contested identities, and the savagery lurking within civilisation, Othello is arguably the most topical and accessible tragedy from Shakespeare's major phase as a dramatist. The play raises uncomfortable questions about ongoing questions of not only racial identity but also sexuality, as ...
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This is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello, the Moor, transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. In its vivid rendering of racism, sexism, contested identities, and the savagery lurking within civilisation, Othello is arguably the most topical and accessible tragedy from Shakespeare's major phase as a dramatist. The play raises uncomfortable questions about ongoing questions of not only racial identity but also sexuality, as Othello and Desdemona's sexual relationship becomes the voyeuristic site of Iago's attempt to destroy them. Illustrated throughout by Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897), famous for his depictions of historical scenes. As well as Shakespeare, he illustrated works of Sir Walter Scott, Cervantes, Wilkie Collins and Wordsworth. With an Introduction by Ned Halley
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 12mo-over 6? -7? " tall; Mass Market Paperback in Very Good Condition. New Revised Edition with New Dramatic Criticism and an Updated Bibliography. Edited and with Introduction by Alvin Kernan. Prefatory Remarks by Sylvan Barnet. Commentaries by Coleridge, Maynard Mack, Robert B. Heilman, and Madelon Gholke-Sprengneher. Clean and unmarked illustrated cover with rubbing to spine hinge and spine head and heel; tight and sound glued binding; pages toned, clean, completely unmarked. 296 pages. 7.2 x 4.3 inches. 1962, Signet Classics.
