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- PublisherOxford Univ Pr
- Publication date1965
- ISBN 10 0194167313
- ISBN 13 9780194167314
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages170
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Othello's Countrymen: The African in English Renaissance Drama
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(1965)
ISBN 10: 0194167313
ISBN 13: 9780194167314
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Cloth hardcover, xii + 158pp + 8 pages of b&w plates. Foreign university ownership markings (stamps, pencil and pen numbers) on the reverse of title-page and rear blank endpaper; a label on the back of the dust jacket and on the rear board. Interior is gently age-toned, free of foxing and age-spotting, in clean condition, with unmarked text. Firm secure binding. Age-yellowed and dust-toned dust jacket shows edge-tears, small areas of loss, frayed spine ends, faint grubby marks. -- During the second half of the 16th century the tremendous interest in travel, discovery and foreign trade which grew in England, led to the publication of a large number of scientific and popular works of a geographical nature. The travellers recorded what facts they knew, and filled in the gaps from classical legends and from their own imaginations. By this process knowledge of the Continent and peoples of Africa spread, a knowledge whose extent has been greatly underestimated by modern critics. The dramatists were not slow to realize the value of the 'new' continent as a source of spectacle, plot, character and imagery. The present study examines the background of knowledge available to playwrights through works published during the 16th and early 17th centuries, and the use they made of such knowledge in their plays. -- Contents: Preface; List of Plates; 1. African Image in 16th-Century England 2. Africa in English Masque and Pageantry 3. Dramatic Treatment of African Characters [The Battle of Alcazar; Titus Andronicus; Lust's Dominion; The Merchant of Venice; Wonder of Women: The Tragedy of Sophonisba; The White Devil; The Knight of Malta; Treatments of Cleopatra; Othello: An Interpretation; The Fair Maid of the West or a Girl Worth Gold; All's Lost by Lust] 4. Physical Portrayals: Make-up and Costume 5. Africa and the Language of the Plays; Conclusion; Notes; Appendixes [Chart of Plays, Masques and Pageants Involving African Characters; Bibliography (Early Printed Books on Geography, History and Travel; Select List of General Works and Editions of Plays and Masques)]; Index. Seller Inventory # 007025
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