Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 508 g
A Contextual History
Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 508 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-46069-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Shakespeare's Othello has exercised a powerful fascination over audiences for centuries with its portrayal of destructive jealousy. This study is a major exercise in the historicisation of Othello in which the author examines contemporary writings and demonstrates how they were embedded in the text of Othello: discourse about conflict between Turk and Venetian treatises on the professionalisation of England's military forces, representations of Africans and blackamoors, and narratives depicting jealous husbands. The second section traces Othello's history in England and the United States from the Restoration to the late 1980s, using illustrations where appropriate. Each chapter highlights a specific historical period, actor or production to demonstrate how and why elements from Shakespeare's text were emphasised or repressed. Othello is revealed as a significant shaper of cultural meaning.
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Introduction; Part I. Jacobean Contexts: 1. Global discourse: Venetians and Turks; 2. Military discourse: knights and mercenaries; 3. Racial discourse: black and white; 4. Marital discourse: husbands and wives; Part II. Representations: 5. Othello in Restoration England; 6. Amateur versus professional: the Delaval Othello; 7. William Charles Macready and the domestic Othello; 8. Salvini, Irving, and the dissociation of intellect; 9. 'The Ethiopian Moor': Paul Robeson's Othello; 10. Orson Welles and the patriarchal eye; 11. Othello for the 1990s: Trevor Nunn's 1989 Royal Shakespeare Company production; Conclusion.
