ABSTRACT
Including twenty-one groundbreaking chapters that examine one of Shakespeare's most complex tragedies. Othello: Critical Essays explores issues of friendship and fealty, love and betrayal, race and gender issues, and much more.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |21 pages
“Words and Performances”
Roderigo and the Mixed Dramaturgy of Race and Gender in Othello
chapter |17 pages
Venetian Ideology or Transversal Power?
Iago's Motives and the Means by which Othello Falls
chapter |22 pages
“Truly, an obedient lady”
Desdemona, Emilia, and the Doctrine of Obedience in Othello
chapter |31 pages
Representing Othello
Early Modern Jury Trials and the Equitable Judgments of Tragedy
