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	Viva Bloom`S Notes: Othello by William Shakespeare
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Let Yale University professor Harold Bloom – author of The Western Canon and a leading authority on literature – help develop your understanding of the world’s great literary works. Unlike other study guides, Viva Bloom’s Notes offers a wide selection of critical analyses by renowned scholars, as well as concise biographical and bibliographical information and a comprehensive thematic discussion of the plot – all in one handbook.

INCLUDES:

• Introduction by Harold Bloom

• Author’s biography

• Thematic and structural analysis

• List of characters

• Extracts of major critical essays

• Extensive bibliography

• Index of themes and ideas

The ideal aid to all students, Viva Bloom’s Notes is a definitive guide for independent study and a single source for footnoting essays and research papers.

Contents: Editor’s Note • Introduction • Biography of William Shakespeare • Thematic and structural analysis • List of characters • Critical Views • Thomas Rymer - The implausible character in the play • Samuel Johnson – The greatness of the play • William Hazlitt – Characters and dramatic tension in the play • Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Negroes and moors • A. C. Bradley – Lago’s motivations • Wyndham Lewis – Othello as colossus • Kenneth Burke – Desdemona’ handkerchief • S. L. Bethell – Diabolism in the play • W.H. Auden – Lago as knowledge • K. W. Evans: Othello’s marriage • Stanley Edgar Hyman: Lago as slighted homosexual • Leslie A. Fiedler – Cassio • Ruth Nevo – Lago’s hostility to Othello • Susan Snyder: Desdemona’s Love for Othello • John Bayley – Love and sex in the play • Carol Thomas Neely – The Contrast between men and women in the play • Anthony Hecht – The Christianized moor • Edward Bery – Othello and racism • Julia Genster – Power in the play • Derek Cohen – Othello’s Suicide • James R. Aubrey – Monster imagery and racism in the play • Works by William Shakespeare • Works about William Shakespeare and Othello • Index of Theme and Ideas ISBN - 9788130904719

Pages : 88