Othello (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Bell, Millicent, "Shakespeare's Moor," in Raritan, Vol. 21, No. 4, Spring 2002, pp. 1 – 14.

  Bell delivers an in-depth character analysis of Othello.

• Crowdus, Gary, "Sharing an Enthusiasm for Shakespeare: An Interview with Kenneth Branagh," in Cineaste, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1998, pp. 34 – 41.

  Kenneth Branagh is a leading Shakespearean actor of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This interview captures both his enthusiasm and his thoughts on playing Iago in the Oliver Parker film.

• Erickson, Peter, "The Moment of Race in Renaissance Studies," in Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 26, 1998, pp. 27 – 36.

  Erickson offers a cogent discussion of the three ways race can be handled in a discussion of Othello.

• Hadfield, Andrew, ed., A Routledge Literary Sourcebook on William Shakespeare's "Othello," Routledge, 2003.

  Hadfield has compiled a very useful and usable collection of primary sources and critical interpretations as well as providing chapters on the work in performance.

• McDonald, Russ, The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare: An Introduction with Documents, 2d ed., St.Martin's Press, Bedford Books, 2001.

  This book has useful introductory sections and a wealth of excerpts from primary documents, arranged thematically.

• O'Dair, Sharon, "Teaching Othello in the Schoolhouse Door: History, Hollywood, Heroes," in the Massachusetts Review, Vol. 41, No. 2, Summer 2000, pp. 215 – 36.

  O'Dair offers a new historical approach to the play, examining particularly the implications of Othello in American classrooms.