Othello

Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare’s life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. This book contains information on the source from which Shakespeare derived Othello–selections from Giraldi Cinthio’s Hecatommithi. Special introduction by Alvin Kernan, Princeton University.