Othello: The State of Play

Lena Cowen Orlin is Professor of English at Georgetown University, USA.

• Introduction - Lena Cowen Orlin (Georgetown University, USA)1. Two Faced: the Problem of Othello's Visage - Ambereen Dadabhoy (Harvey Mudd College, USA)2. Eloquent Barbarians: on the Critical Potential of Passionate Character - Lynn Enterline; 3. Audience-Actor Boundaries in Othello - Laurie E. Maguire (University of Oxford, UK)4. "Speak[ing] Parrot" in Othello: Recontextualizing Black Speech in the Global Renaissance- Robert Hornback (Oglethorpe University, USA)5. Secrets and Lies - Lois Potter (University of Delaware, USA)6. Shakespeare's Nobody - Colleen Ruth Rosenfeld (Pomona College, USA)7. Lucretius and Consummation in Othello - David Schalkwyk (Gallatin School of Individualized Study, USA)8. Making Ambition Virtue? James Siemon (Washington University, USA)9. Othello's Black Handkerchief - Ian Smith (Lafayette College, USA)10. Double Diction and Othello's Dual Identity - Robert N. Watson (UCLA, USA)BibliographyIndex