Shakespeare's Invention of Othello: A Study in Early Modern EnglishDid Shakespeare succeed in his characterisation of Othello? Or is the noble but degraded Moor psychologically implausible? This book enters an old controversy in a new way. Martin Elliott takes fully into account the fact that Shakespeare was writing in Early Modern English and explores word-meanings and syntax and finds an extended consistency. |
Contents
But to be free and bounteous to her minde | 1 |
But that I loue the gentle Desdemona | 54 |
Who can controll his Fate? | 75 |
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Shakespeare’s Invention of Othello: A Study in Early Modern English Martin Elliott Limited preview - 1988 |
Common terms and phrases
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