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The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice / by William Shakespeare ; edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author.). Mowat, Barbara A., (editor.). Werstine, Paul, (editor.). Folger Shakespeare Library. (Added Author).

Summary:

A young woman's elopement with a dark-skinned foreigner. An evil manipulator, dead set on bloody revenge. A noble warrior, fatally consumed by jealousy. Shakespeare's play about the Moor who "loved not wisely but too well," comes to life in this intensely thrilling and beautifully illustrated retelling.

Record details

ISBN: 9780743477550 :
ISBN: 0743477553 :
ISBN: 9780812416381
ISBN: 0812416384
ISBN: 1417664843 (Turtleback, pbk rebind)
ISBN: 9781417664849 (Turtleback, pbk rebind)
Physical Description: li, 314 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.
Edition: Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published : New York : Washington Square Press, 1993. At head of title: Folger Shakespeare Library.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-312).
Formatted Contents Note:	Shakespeare's Othello -- Reading Shakespeare's language -- Shakespeare's life -- Shakespeare's theater -- Publication of Shakespeare's plays -- Introduction to this text -- Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice : text of the play with commentary -- Textual notes -- Othello : modern perspective / Susan Snyder -- Further reading -- Key to famous lines and phrases.