Othello has long been recognised as one of the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies. This is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemona's love for Othello, the Moor, transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. In its vivid rendering of racism, sexism, contested identities, and the savagery lurking within civilisation, Othello is arguably the most topical and accessible tragedy from Shakespeare's major phase as a dramatist. Productions on stage and screen regularly renew its power to engross, impress and trouble the imagination.
| ISBN: | 9781840228977 |
| Publication date: | 2nd September 2024 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Publisher: | Wordsworth Editions an imprint of Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Wordsworth Collector's Editions |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |