Othello and Interpretive TraditionsUniversity of Iowa Press, 1. 2. 2012 - Počet stran: 228 During the past twenty years or so, Othello has become the Shakespearean tragedy that speaks most powerfully to our contemporary concerns. Focusing on race and gender (and on class, ethnicity, sexuality, and nationality), the play talks about what audiences want to talk about. Yet at the same time, as refracted through Iago, it forces us to hear what we do not want to hear; like the characters in the play, we become trapped in our own prejudicial malice and guilt. |
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... defined theatrically , we will find ourselves doing performance history . The per- formance history of Othello is extraordinarily rich . The play was evi- dently successful when new , to judge from the recorded performances and ...
... defined theatrically , we will find ourselves doing performance history . The per- formance history of Othello is extraordinarily rich . The play was evi- dently successful when new , to judge from the recorded performances and ...
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... defined against pre- vious practice ( “ Fishburne's action there replicates a move of Olivier's which ultimately derives from Macklin . . . " ) . But theatrical culture is , after all , only " relatively autonomous " ; it is , willy ...
... defined against pre- vious practice ( “ Fishburne's action there replicates a move of Olivier's which ultimately derives from Macklin . . . " ) . But theatrical culture is , after all , only " relatively autonomous " ; it is , willy ...
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... defined with reference to race and gen- der are highly interesting topics . But sex and race do not by them- selves explain the extraordinary power of Othello as a theatrical or liter- ary vehicle . If they did , Oroonoco , Aphra Behn's ...
... defined with reference to race and gen- der are highly interesting topics . But sex and race do not by them- selves explain the extraordinary power of Othello as a theatrical or liter- ary vehicle . If they did , Oroonoco , Aphra Behn's ...
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... defined . In no other play of Shakespeare's except maybe Hamlet do we have to work so hard and over such a sustained period in order to determine what the play is about . " What is the matter there ? " Brabantio's entering question a ...
... defined . In no other play of Shakespeare's except maybe Hamlet do we have to work so hard and over such a sustained period in order to determine what the play is about . " What is the matter there ? " Brabantio's entering question a ...
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... defines the play's foundation , but since each of the terms reproduces the conflict in itself , the foundation tends to disinte- grate . Where is the center ? Where is the margin ? It is not that we cannot answer these questions ...
... defines the play's foundation , but since each of the terms reproduces the conflict in itself , the foundation tends to disinte- grate . Where is the center ? Where is the margin ? It is not that we cannot answer these questions ...
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11 | |
30 | |
lago | 53 |
The Fall of Othello | 79 |
The Pity Act | 113 |
Death without Transfiguration | 141 |
Interpretation as Contamination | 169 |
Character Endures | 183 |
Notes | 193 |
Works Cited | 231 |
Index | 247 |
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