Desdemona

Author : Toni Morrison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-18
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781849436359

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Desdemona by Toni Morrison Pdf

The story of Desdemona from Shakespeare's Othello is re-imagined by Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison, Malian singer and songwriter Rokia Traoré, and acclaimed stage director Peter Sellars. Morrison's response to Othello is an intimate dialogue of words and music between Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary. Morrison gives voice and depth to the female characters, letting them speak and sing in the fullness of their hearts. Desdemona is an extraordinary narrative of words, music and song about Shakespeares doomed heroine, who speaks from the grave about the traumas of race, class, gender, war and the transformative power of love. Toni Morrison transports one of the most iconic, central, and disturbing treatments of race in Western culture into the new realities and potential outcomes facing a rising generation of the 21st century.

Author : Paula Vogel
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : American drama
ISBN : 0822213915

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Desdemona by Paula Vogel Pdf

THE STORY: Having slept with Othello's entire encampment, Desdemona revels in her bawdy tales of conquest. Her foils and rapt listeners are the other integral and re-imagined women of this Shakespeare tragedy: Emilia, Desdemona's servant and the wi

Author : C. S. E. Cooney
Publisher : Tor.com
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250229823

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Desdemona and the Deep by C. S. E. Cooney Pdf

Award-winning author C.S.E. Cooney indulges in luxurious, dizzying fantasy In Desdemona and the Deep, the spoiled daughter of a rich mining family must retrieve the tithe of men her father promised to the world below. On the surface, her world is rife with industrial pollution that ruins the health of poor factory workers while the idle rich indulge themselves in unheard-of luxury. Below are goblins, mysterious kingdoms, and an entirely different hierarchy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Ana Maribel Moreno G.
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781491765999

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Desdemona, Lady Macbeth, and Cleopatra by Ana Maribel Moreno G. Pdf

In 1616, William Shakespeare shuffled loose the mortal coil. In honor of his death four centuries ago, Ana Maribel de Moncada, Panamanian, professor of English at Panamas Universidad Especializada de la Amricas (UDELAS) created Desdemona, Lady Macbeth, and Cleopatra: Tragic Women in Shakespeares Plays, a literary analysis of three of Shakespeares most compelling, complicated, and cherished characters. Using information and insight gleaned from the works of her peers and other Shakespearean experts, Ana Maribels scholarly analysis of the importance of these three women as characters drew heavily upon the foundational works in which they appeared. The stories of Desdemona, the doomed wife of Othello; Lady Macbeth, the scheming queen from Macbeth; and Cleopatra, the all-powerful but ultimately tragic queen caught between love, rivalry, and ambition in Antony and Cleopatra are well documented through movies, novels, plays, operas, television, songs, and more. To entice students and educators alike, Ana Maribel designed her work to inspire both scholarly and casual reflection, analysis, and discussion of the works of the most well-known and respected English-language playwright. From the richness of the original plays, the author harvested the extensive detail and profound imagery found in Shakespearean text. To best honor Shakespeare four hundred years after his death, Ana Maribel sought to inspire a global celebration and discussion of his work and its impact on language, theatre, and literature in all segments of human society.

Author : Ann-Marie MacDonald
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780307366337

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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (Play) by Ann-Marie MacDonald Pdf

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is an exuberant comedy and feminist revisioning of Shakespeare’s Othello and Romeo and Juliet. It takes us from a dusty office in Canada’s Queen’s University, into the fraught and furious worlds of two of Shakespeare’s best-known tragedies, and turns them upside-down. Constance Ledbelly is the beleaguered “spinster” academic, and unlikely heroine who embarks on a quest for Shakespearean origins and, ultimately, her own identity. When she deciphers an ancient and neglected manuscript, Constance is propelled through a very modern rabbit hole and lands smack in the middle of the tragic turning points of each play in turn. Her attempts to save first Desdemona, then Juliet, from their harrowing fates, result in a wild unpredictable ride through comedy and near-tragedy, as mild-mannered Constance learns to love, sword-fight, dance Renaissance-style, and master a series of disguises… Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) a gender-bendy, big-hearted and crazily intelligent romp, where irony and anger sing in perfect harmony with innocence and poignancy.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 1288 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Dramatists, English
ISBN : 1840225572

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare Pdf

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the tragedies of "Hamlet", "King Lear", "Othello", and "Macbeth" as well as history plays and the comedies such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "As You Like It". This volume presents his plays in the chronological order in which they were written.

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410347121

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A Study Guide for Ann-Marie MacDonald's "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Ann-Marie MacDonald's "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Janette Dillon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139462433

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The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Tragedies by Janette Dillon Pdf

Macbeth clutches an imaginary dagger; Hamlet holds up Yorick's skull; Lear enters with Cordelia in his arms. Do these memorable and iconic moments have anything to tell us about the definition of Shakespearean tragedy? Is it in fact helpful to talk about 'Shakespearean tragedy' as a concept, or are there only Shakespearean tragedies? What kind of figure is the tragic hero? Is there always such a figure? What makes some plays more tragic than others? Beginning with a discussion of tragedy before Shakespeare and considering Shakespeare's tragedies chronologically one by one, this 2007 book seeks to investigate such questions in a way that highlights both the distinctiveness and shared concerns of each play within the broad trajectory of Shakespeare's developing exploration of tragic form.

Author : Philip C. Kolin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136017988

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Othello by Philip C. Kolin Pdf

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Edited By S.E. Paces
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8121922658

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More Tales from Shakespeare by Edited By S.E. Paces Pdf

Great Stories in Easy English

Author : Ruth Ellen Kocher
Publisher : Lotus Press (WI)
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015048750940

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Desdemona's Fire by Ruth Ellen Kocher Pdf

This is the author's first book and winner of the 1999 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. While miscegenation has always been more a part of American history than many want to admit, Desdemona's Fire journeys through this often forbidden landscape in poems that are sometimes painfully poignant, yet fresh in their imagery and detail.

Author : Lois Potter
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0719027268

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Othello by Lois Potter Pdf

Lois Potter traces Othello 's acting tradition as it affected the playing of Othello, Desdemona, characters originally played by a white actor and a boy, respectively, and Iago. She examines the stage and screen versions of the play, including a full study of Paul Robeson's 1943 avatar of the character, that reflect or challenge current views about race and gender.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192517586

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The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition by William Shakespeare Pdf

The Complete Works: Modern Critical Edition is part of the landmark New Oxford Shakespeare—an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works, edited afresh from all the surviving original versions of his work, and drawing on the latest literary, textual, and theatrical scholarship. In one attractive volume, the Modern Critical Edition gives today's students and playgoers the very best resources they need to understand and enjoy all Shakespeare's works. The authoritative text is accompanied by extensive explanatory and performance notes, and innovative introductory materials which lead the reader into exploring questions about interpretation, textual variants, literary criticism, and performance, for themselves. The Modern Critical Edition presents the plays and poetry in the order in which Shakespeare wrote them, so that readers can follow the development of his imagination, his engagement with a rapidly evolving culture and theatre, and his relationship to his literary contemporaries. The New Oxford Shakespeare consists of four interconnected publications: the Modern Critical Edition (with modern spelling), the Critical Reference Edition (with original spelling), a companion volume on Authorship, and an online version integrating all of this material on OUP's high-powered scholarly editions platform. Together, they provide the perfect resource for the future of Shakespeare studies.

Author : Susan Botti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Song cycles
ISBN : UOM:39015056355392

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Teliao: Desdemona by Susan Botti Pdf

Author : Philip Kolin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136536311

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Othello by Philip Kolin Pdf

Including twenty-one groundbreaking chapters that examine one of Shakespeare's most complex tragedies. Othello: Critical Essays explores issues of friendship and fealty, love and betrayal, race and gender issues, and much more.