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Othello
Othello
Author: William Shakespeare, Louis B. Wright (Editor), Virginia A. LaMar (Editor)
In this study of excellence and the horrific consequences of breaches of trust, Shakespeare has sculpted some of his most memorable characters. The great tragedy hurls itself towards the wreckage of a hero and a marriage, as the seemingly indomitable Othello falls under the pall of a diabolical villain. Containing relics of the miracle play and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780671508159
ISBN-10: 0671508156
Publication Date: 5/1993
Pages: 256
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4 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 2
This is a wonderful introductory Shakespeare book. The full story is laid out in comic style presentaion. Famous quotes are kept as Shakespeare wrote them, but other text is a more modern, lower reading level text. Includes vocabulary list and discussion on the last page.
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Helpful Score: 1
The Folger Libray edition is very useful for students who are unfamiliar with Elizabethan language, customs, and other oddities
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It's Shakespeare. Need I say more?
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The exciting new series that began in Fall 2004 withMacbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Henry IV continues...

"Negative charisma is an odd endowment; Iago represents it uniquely in Shakespeare, and most literary incarnations of it since owe much to Iago." - Harold Bloom

Each edition in the Harold Bloom Shakespeare series will include the full text of the play, with editorial revisions and commentary by Harold Bloom.
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if you like Shakespeare you'll love this book!!
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Lovers of Shakespeare will already know this work. I know of no one who can speak with adequacy and profundity simultaneously regarding The Bard unless it were Shakespeare himself.
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1969 Paperback Edited by Louis b. Wright and Virginia A. LaMar. A "readable text", looks to be a good study guide
lilmeg avatar reviewed Othello on
I have read this three times, and it is a wonderful classic!


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