Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An int...more
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 ...more
Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, has married Desdemona, beautiful daughter of a Venetian Senator. But Iago, Othello’s malignant ensign, is determined to destroy their happiness. Cunningly bending the greatness of Othello’s nature to his own purposes, Iago persuades the Moor that Desdemona is unfaithful to him. Tormented in a...more
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version. Includes a sections with discussion questions and quizzes for students.
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version. Includes a sections with discussion questions and quizzes for students.
The author of Beloved explores the significance of African Americans in the American literary imagination, examining the works of Cather, Poe, Twain, Hawthorne, and Melville to argue that American literature's central characteristics are responses to an Africanist presence.
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version. Includes a sections with discussion questions and quizzes for students.
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