The Negro in English Literature: A Critical IntroductionA. H. Stockwell, 1962 - 176 pages |
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Page 33
... Othello is not a Negro . The intransi- gency of these persons makes it mandatory to re - examine the words of the author of Othello . In a reference to Othello , Roderigo says ( I , i , 11 , 66-67 ) : " What a full fortune does the ...
... Othello is not a Negro . The intransi- gency of these persons makes it mandatory to re - examine the words of the author of Othello . In a reference to Othello , Roderigo says ( I , i , 11 , 66-67 ) : " What a full fortune does the ...
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... Othello's race , he asserts , is of little con- sequence , though it is not without some dramatic interest . Now I ... Othello as a black man and not as a light - brown one . ' The brown or bronze of the Othellos of our theatres is a ...
... Othello's race , he asserts , is of little con- sequence , though it is not without some dramatic interest . Now I ... Othello as a black man and not as a light - brown one . ' The brown or bronze of the Othellos of our theatres is a ...
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... Othello is a Negro ; they have attempted to prove that Othello is a play about race " . Both theories are false and foolish . Marshall goes on to say that the essential quality of Othello is his " foreignness " and his exoticism . " The ...
... Othello is a Negro ; they have attempted to prove that Othello is a play about race " . Both theories are false and foolish . Marshall goes on to say that the essential quality of Othello is his " foreignness " and his exoticism . " The ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Shakespeare and the Man of Colour | 23 |
The Negro and Colour in Poetry | 48 |
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