![]() ![]() In a concluding essay, Harold Bloom engages our attraction to both power and tragedy in his discussion of Iago, Shakespeare's "radical invention. In his introduction, Raffel delves into the interpretive disagreement over Othello's origins and provides an analysis of the characters Desdemona and Iago. His on-page annotations give readers all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and prosody and provides alternative readings of phrases and lines. Full Title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice When Written: c. The idea of comes from Italian writer’s play The Moorish Captain, published in 1565. The play was first staged on November 1st, 1604 and 1st published in 1622 by Thomas Walkley. ![]() This extensively annotated version of Othello makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. Othello, also titled The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare in 1603 (as accepted by most scholars). If in Iago Shakespeare created the most compelling villain in Western literature, in Othello and Desdemona he gave us our most tragic and unforgettable lovers. ![]() get Yale’s red-carpet treatment."- Library Journal One of the most powerful dramas ever written for the stage, Othello is a story of revenge, illusion, passion, mistrust, jealousy, and murder. The Annotated Shakespeare Series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world’s greatest dramatist "A drama. ![]()
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