Table of Contents

Othello - William Shakespeare - Edited by Alvin Kernank Samuel Taylor Coleridge: [Comments on ?Othello?]
Maynard Mack: The Jacobean Shakespeare: Some Observations on the Construction of the Tragedies
Madelon Gholke Sprengnether: ?I wooed thee with my sword?: Shakespeare?s Tragic Paradigms
Sylvan Barnet: ?Othello? on the Stage and Screen

NEWLY ADDED ESSAYS:
Marvin Carlson: Othello in Vienna, 1991

About the Author

William Shakespeare(1564-1616)was apoet,playwright, and actor who is widely regarded as one of the mostinfluential writers in the history of the English language. Often referred to as the Bard of Avon, Shakespeare's vast body of work includescomedic, tragic, and historical plays;poems; and 154 sonnets.His dramatic works have been translated into every major language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.