Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-400) and index.
Originally published: New York : Thomas Nelson, 1997.
General editors' preface -- Preface -- Introduction. The greatest tragedy? ; Date, text and principal source ; Shakespeare and the Barbarians ; Preliminary reading ; Venice in the sixteenth century ; Cyprus ; Cinthio ; Character criticism ; Othello ; Otherness ; Iago ; Desdemona ; Emilia ; Relationships ; Sex and love ; Feminism ; Morality and 'the moral' ; Stereotypes ; Plot ; Genre ; Language ; Stage imagery ; The play in the theatre ; Again : the greatest tragedy? -- The tragedy of Othello, the Moor Of Venice -- Longer notes -- Appendices. Date ; The textual problem ; Cinthio and minor sources ; Edward Pudsey 's extracts from Othello ; Musical settings for songs in Othello (Musical adviser: Helen Wilcox) --Abbreviations and references. Abbreviations used in notes ; Shakespeare's works and works partly by Shakespeare ; Editions of Shakespeare collated ; Other works