{"product_id":"9781474212977","title":"Othello's Secret : The Cyprus Problem","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOthello's Secret\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): R M Christofides\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOthello's Secret \u003c\/i\u003euncovers the relationship between the play and the conflicts that have torn apart its Cypriot setting, providing a new and powerfully political reading. Exploring the domestic and military anxieties connected by Shakespeare, Christofides highlights the ways in which these issues resonate with current ideological and geographical divisions in Cyprus, divisions rooted in the 16th century struggles to control the island. Challenging the conventional view of \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e as a Venetian play, this book offers a fierce and personal example of how early modern literature can purposefully contribute to even the most complex geopolitical debates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“By examining the understudies history and culture of Cyprus in the context of sixteenth-century writing, Christofides raises new questions for early modern scholars of drama … His book demonstrates how histories from varying times intersect with Shakespeare and place.” - \u003ci\u003eSixteenth Century Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"As Christofides reads Othello alongside Cyprus’s twentieth- and twenty-first-century turmoil, he conveys the religious, national, and ethnic hybridity of both the island and the play ... Othello’s Secret enthusiastically embraces critical iconoclasm; it is the book on Othello and Cyprus, which is to say its formal hybridity authentically reflects the cultural hybridity of its subject matter.\" - \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781474212977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"The Arden Shakespeare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596147110094,"sku":"9781474212977","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a04272a6-b2ac-495e-a84f-2009c347fc95.jpg?v=1637850531","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781474212977","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}