{"product_id":"othello-9780300108071","title":"Othello","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Annotated Shakespeare Series \u003c\/i\u003eallows\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ereaders to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A drama . . . get s] Yale's red-carpet treatment.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most powerful dramas ever written for the stage, \u003ci\u003eOthello \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of revenge, illusion, passion, mistrust, jealousy, and murder. If in Iago Shakespeare created the most compelling villain in Western literature, in Othello and Desdemona he gave us our most tragic and unforgettable lovers. This extensively annotated version of \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and prosody and provides alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations give readers all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. In his introduction, Raffel delves into the interpretive disagreement over \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e's origins and provides an analysis of the characters Desdemona and Iago. In a concluding essay, Harold Bloom engages our attraction to both power and tragedy in his discussion of Iago, Shakespeare's \"radical invention.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-309870\"\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300108071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300108079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA010000\"\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e was Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities Emeritus and Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Among his many edited and translated publications are \u003ci\u003ePoems and Prose from the Old English, Cligès, Lancelot, Perceval, Erec and Enide, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eYvain, \u003c\/i\u003eall published by Yale University Press. \u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom \u003c\/b\u003ewas Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University, and the author of many books, including T\u003ci\u003ehe Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhere Shall Wisdom Be Found?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914612465839,"sku":"9780300108071","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_f5fdfebd-03e9-44e7-98f9-cb09ed298180.jpg?v=1758827775","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/othello-9780300108071","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}