Wednesday, February 4, 2026
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Shakespeare most likely wrote Othello in 1603. The tale is set during the Ottoman-Venetian War (1570-1573) during which the Ottoman Turks challenged the Ventian Republic for control of the Island of Cypress.
Today's Work
5 slides, 5 minutes: Last week's articles
"Othello." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Michelle Lee, vol. 99, Gale, 2006. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1410001731/GLS?u=cclc_cerroccc&sid=bookmark-GLS&xid=136bdf16. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
"Othello." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Lynn M. Zott, vol. 68, Gale, 2003. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1410000782/GLS?u=cclc_cerroccc&sid=bookmark-GLS&xid=188a85df. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
Eastman, Arthur M. "Othello as Ironist." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Lynn M. Zott, vol. 68, Gale, 2003. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420045739/GLS?u=cclc_cerroccc&sid=bookmark-GLS&xid=c02c9d56. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022. Originally published in In Honor of Austin Wright, edited by Joseph Baim, et al., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1972, pp. 18-29.
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420045739/GLS?u=cclc_cerroccc&sid=bookmark-GLS&xid=c02c9d56
Jacobsen, Ken. “Iago’s Art of War: The ‘Machiavellian Moment’ in Othello.” Modern Philology, vol. 106, no. 3, 2009, pp. 497–529. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/605074. Accessed 19 Jan. 2021.
Berger, Harry. “Impertinent Trifling: Desdemona's Handkerchief.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 3, 1996, pp. 235–250. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2871376. Accessed 19 Jan. 2021.
Pye, Christopher. “‘To Throw out Our Eyes for Brave Othello’: Shakespeare and Aesthetic Ideology.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 60, no. 4, 2009, pp. 425–447. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40468380. Accessed 19 Jan. 2021.
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