Othello: A Norton Critical Edition / Edition 1

by William Shakespeare

Overview

“I wanted an edition of Othello that had the necessary footnotes, background material, and a good selection of recent critical articles that would be accessible to students and would spark class discussions. This was it.”
—Deborah Montuori, Shippensburg University

This Norton Critical Edition includes:
·The First Folio text (1623).
· An introduction, explanatory footnotes, note on the text, and textual notes by Edward Pechter.
· Fifteen illustrations.
· Giraldi Cinthio’s sixteenth-century story in its entirety, which Shakespeare used for both the plot and many details of Othello.
· A generous selection of interpretive responses to Othello from its origins to the present day, including—new to the Second
Edition—those by Stanley Cavell and Lois Potter. Edward Pechter’s popular theatrical and critical overview of Othello has been significantly expanded.
· An updated Selected Bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900393976150
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	12/05/2003
Series:	Norton Critical Editions Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Edward Pechter’s books include Dryden’s Classical Theory of Literature, What Was Shakespeare? “Othello” and Interpretive Traditions, and, most recently, Shakespeare Studies Today: Romanticism Lost. He has taught at universities in the United States, England, and Canada and is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Concordia University (Montreal) and Adjunct Professor of English at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom