Othello
Othello
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Go to cartISBN: 9788130904719
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2010
Pages: 88
Size: 140 x 216 mm
Publisher: Facts On File Inc.
Published in India by: Viva Books
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Description:
Let Yale University professor Harold Bloom — author of The Western Canon and a leading authority on literature — help develop your understanding of the world's great literary works. Unlike other study guides, Viva Bloom's Notes offers a wide selection of critical analyses by renowned scholars, as well as concise biographical and bibliographical information and a comprehensive thematic discussion of the plot — all in one handbook.
INCLUDES:
• Introduction by Harold Bloom
• Author's biography
• Thematic and structural analysis
• List of characters
• Extracts of major critical essays
• Extensive bibliography
• Index of themes and ideas
The ideal aid to all students, Viva Bloom's Notes is a definitive guide for independent study and a single source for footnoting essays and research papers.
Target Audience:
Students of english literature.
Contents:
Editor's Note • Introduction • Biography of William Shakespeare • Thematic and structural analysis • List of characters • Critical Views • Thomas Rymer - The implausible character in the play • Samuel Johnson • The greatness of the play • William Hazlitt • Characters and dramatic tension in the play • Samuel Taylor Coleridge • Negroes and moors • A. C. Bradley • Lago's motivations • Wyndham Lewis • Othello as colossus • Kenneth Burke • Desdemona? handkerchief • S. L. Bethell • Diabolism in the play • W.H. Auden • Lago as knowledge • K. W. Evans: Othello's marriage • Stanley Edgar Hyman: Lago as slighted homosexual • Leslie A. Fiedler • Cassio • Ruth Nevo • Lago's hostility to Othello • Susan Snyder: Desdemona's Love for Othello • John Bayley • Love and sex in the play • Carol Thomas Neely • The Contrast between men and women in the play • Anthony Hecht • The Christianized moor • Edward Bery • Othello and racism • Julia Genster • Power in the play • Derek Cohen • Othello's Suicide • James R. Aubrey • Monster imagery and racism in the play • Works by William Shakespeare • Works about William Shakespeare and Othello • Index of Theme and Ideas
