Reading Othello as Catholic Tragedy
Reading Othello as Catholic Tragedy

Author: Greg Maillet

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-01-15

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1527525732

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This book expands upon recent historical analysis of Shakespeare’s Othello, which has foregrounded issues of race, colonialism, and feminism, in order to show how the discourse of religion might affect our understanding of this play. It specifically looks at how the discourse of Catholicism, itself a highly contested topic in Shakespeare’s world, affects our understanding of Desdemona, whom the play so directly compares to perhaps the most divisive and controversial figure of the entire ‘Reformation’ period, Mary the Mother of God. Explaining how this comparison is developed and clarified by Shakespeare, this book explores the difference our interpretation of Desdemona’s ‘Marian’ dimension might make to critical understanding of the tragedy of Othello.

If Is the Only Peacemaker
If Is the Only Peacemaker

Author: Greg Maillet

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2022-06-13

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1666705225

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If Is the Only Peacemaker explores the drama of Shakespeare through a cultural lens that can be shown to be central to the formation of this theatrical art: fourteenth- to sixteenth-century Catholic Humanism. Part I of this book traces this tradition through key figures in Medieval and Renaissance Humanism, including Dante, Chaucer, Erasmus, and Thomas More. The latter two, especially, convey Catholic Humanism to Shakespeare's England, and help to establish a rhetorical ideal: the union of eloquentia and sapientia, of wit and wisdom. Part II then closely reads one of Shakespeare's major comedies, As You Like It, through this ideal, finding in this play an outstanding example of the Catholic Humanist rhetoric central to Shakespeare's art. This part of the book also mingles rhetorical and performance criticism, citing six different productions of As You Like It.

Political and sartorial styles
Political and sartorial styles

Author: Kevin A. Morrison

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2023-02-14

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 1526153068

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Starting with the premise that clothing is political and that analysing clothing can enhance understanding of political style, this collection explores the relationships among political theory, dress, and self-presentation during a period in which imperial and colonial empires assumed their modern form. Organised under three thematic clusters, the volume’s chapters range from an analysis of the uniforms worn by West India regiments stationed in the Caribbean to the smock frock donned by rural agricultural labourers, and from the self-presentations of members of parliament, political thinkers, and imperial administrators to the dress of characters and caricatures in novels, paintings, and political cartoon. With its interdisciplinary approach, the book will appeal to nineteenth-century cultural and social historians and literary critics as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students whose research and teaching interests include gender, politics, material culture, and imperialism.

In the Company of Shakespeare
In the Company of Shakespeare

Author: Thomas Moisan

Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780838639023

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This book is an anthology of critical essays written about English literature during the Renaissance (or the 'early-modern' period). It focuses on Shakespeare's poetry and plays, including the 'Sonnets', 'The Phoenix and the Turtle', 'The Rape of Lucrece', 'King Lear', 'Othello', 'Measure for Measure', and 'Timon of Athens'. Also examined are the publication of the plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, William Cartwright's play 'The Royal Slave', and James Halliwell-Phillips, one of the central figures in the Shakespearean textual tradition.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Religion
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Religion

Author: Hannibal Hamlin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-03-28

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1107172594

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A wide-ranging yet accessible investigation into the importance of religion in Shakespeare's works, from a team of eminent international scholars.

Shakespeare and religio mentis
Shakespeare and religio mentis

Author: Jane Everingham Nelson

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-08-22

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 9004520600

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This landmark interdisciplinary study shines the light of religious Hermetism on Love’s Labour’s Lost, King Lear, Othello and The Tempest and reveals the ‘religion of the mind’ found in the Corpus Hermeticum to be a source of Shakespeare’s understanding of human psychology.

William Shakespeare's Othello
William Shakespeare's Othello

Author: Harold Bloom

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1438132751

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A collection of critical essays on the Shakespeare play, Othello, arranged in chronological order of publication.

Othello: A Critical Reader
Othello: A Critical Reader

Author: Robert C. Evans

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1472520386

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Othello has long been, and remains, one of Shakespeare's most popular works. It is a favourite work of scholars, students, and general readers alike. Perhaps more than any other of Shakespeare's tragedies, this one seems to speak most clearly to contemporary readers and audiences, partly because it deals with such pressing modern issues as race, gender, multiculturalism, and the ways love, jealousy, and misunderstanding can affect relations between romantic partners. The play also features Iago, one of Shakespeare's most mesmerizing and puzzling villains. This guide offers students and scholars an introduction to the play's critical and performance history, including notable stage productions and film versions. It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays. Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliography provide a basis for further research.

Shakespeare and Religious Change
Shakespeare and Religious Change

Author: K. Graham

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-07-16

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0230240852

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This balanced and innovative collection explores the relationship of Shakespeare's plays to the changing face of early modern religion, considering the connections between Shakespeare's theatre and the religious past, the religious identities of the present and the deep cultural changes that would shape the future of religion in the modern world.