Othello: Authoritative Text, Textual Sources and Cultural Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)

Othello: Authoritative Text, Textual Sources and Cultural Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)

<p><strong><em>“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.”</em><br /> ―Deborah Montuori, <em>Shippensburg University</em></strong></p> This Norton Critical Edition includes:<br /> ·The First Folio text (1623).<br /> · An introduction, explanatory footnotes, note on the text, and textual notes by Edward Pechter.<br /> · Fifteen illustrations.<br /> · Giraldi Cinthio’s sixteenth-century story in its entirety, which Shakespeare used for both the plot and many details of Othello.<br /> · A generous selection of interpretive responses to <em>Othello</em> from its origins to the present day, including―new to the Second<br /> Edition―those by Stanley Cavell and Lois Potter. Edward Pechter’s popular theatrical and critical overview of Othello has been significantly expanded.<br /> · An updated Selected Bibliography.