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Shakespeare's Othello has exercised a powerful fascination over audiences for centuries with its portrayal of destructive jealousy. This study is a major exercise in the historicisation of Othello in which the author examines contemporary writings and demonstrates how they were embedded in the text of Othello: discourse about conflict between Turk and Venetian treatises on the professionalisation of England's military forces, representations of Africans and blackamoors, and narratives depicting jealous husbands. The second section traces Othello's history in England and the United States from the Restoration to the late 1980s, using illustrations where appropriate. Each chapter highlights a specific historical period, actor or production to demonstrate how and why elements from Shakespeare's text were emphasised or repressed. Othello is revealed as a significant shaper of cultural meaning.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: plays & playwrights

• Full title: Othello
• Author: Virginia Mason Vaughan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260
• EAN: 9780521587082
• ISBN: 0521587085
• ID: 04092998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 426 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 155 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. December 1996

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