Othello: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions

ISBN: 039326422X

Author: Shakespeare, William

Condition: new

I wanted an edition of Othello that had the necessary footnotes, background material, and a good selection of recent critical articles that would be accessible to students and would spark class discussions. This was it.-Deborah Montuori, Shippensburg University This Norton Critical Edition includes:The First Folio text (1623). An introduction, explanatory footnotes, note on the text, and textual notes by Edward Pechter. Fifteen illustrations. Giraldi Cinthios sixteenth-century story in its entirety, which Shakespeare used for both the plot and many details of Othello. A generous selection of interpretive responses to Othello from its origins to the present day, including-new to the SecondEdition-those by Stanley Cavell and Lois Potter. Edward Pechters popular theatrical and critical overview of Othello has been significantly expanded. An updated Selected Bibliography.