Othello : character studies / Nicholas Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Potter, Nick, 1950-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Continuum character studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Othello (Fictitious character from Shakespeare).

Othello.

Iago (Fictitious character).

Physical Description:

xi, 134 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2008]

Summary:

Othello is a major Shakespearean text, studied widely and often adapted for film and TV and especially challenging for a multicultural society. Othello lends itself to criticism through discussion of the major characters although this study also focuses on recent criticism's analysis of the characters as 'signifiers'. The study of the key characters takes the discussion of the text immediately into the central issues of 'otherness', gender, race and power.

Contents:

Introduction : an overview of Othello

Othello : a man of parts?

Othello : 'speak of me as I am'

Iago : character

Iago : sign : from psychology to psychoanalysis

Iago : sign : from Psyche to Clio

Desdemona : character and sign : 'this most goodly book'

The importance of the minor characters

Conclusion : through the characters to the key themes and issues.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-129) and index.

ISBN:

9780826494320

0826494323

9780826494337

0826494331

OCLC:

123029219