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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789777103321

Autore

Potter Nick <1950->

Titolo

Othello : character studies / / Nicholas Potter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2008

ISBN

1-4725-5505-8

1-283-20767-2

9786613207678

1-4411-9092-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Collana

Continuum character studies

Disciplina

822.3/3

Soggetti

Othello (Fictitious character)

Iago (Fictitious character)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Othello is a major Shakespearean text, studied widely and often adapted for film and TV and is especially challenging for a multicultural society.  Othello lends itself to criticism through discussion of the major characters although this study will also focus 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.  The guide includes: an introductory overview of the text, including a brief discussion of the background to the play and its publi