Virginia Mason Vaughan

Shakespeare’s Caliban

Preface Part I: Introduction Caliban’s debut Part II: Origins Historical contexts Literary contexts Part III: Receptions Literary criticism The American school Colonial metaphors Stage history Screen history Artists’ renditions Modern poetic invocations Part IV: Conclusion Caliban’s Odyssey

Othello: A contextual history

Jacobean Contexts 1 – Global discourse: Venetians and Turks 2 – Military discourse: knights and mercenaries 3 – Racial discourse: black and white 4 – Marital discourse: husbands and wives Representations 5 – Othello in Restoration England 6 – Amateur versus professional: the Delaval Othello 7 – William Charles Macready and the domestic Othello 8 – Salvini, Irving, and …

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