{"product_id":"9781441137661","title":"Shakespeare, 'Othello' and Domestic Tragedy","description":"Often\u003cbr\u003eset in domestic environments and built around protagonists of more modest\u003cbr\u003estatus than traditional tragic subjects, 'domestic tragedy' was a genre that\u003cbr\u003eflourished on the Renaissance stage from 1580-1620. \u003cem\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, Othello, \u003cem\u003eand Domestic Tragedy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eis the first book to examine Shakespeare's relationship to the genre by way of\u003cbr\u003ethe King's and Chamberlain's Men's ownership and production of many of the\u003cbr\u003edomestic tragedies, and of the genre's extensive influence on Shakespeare's own\u003cbr\u003etragedy, \u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e. Drawing in part upon recent scholarship that\u003cbr\u003eidentifies Shakespeare as a co-author of \u003cem\u003eArden\u003cbr\u003eof Faversham\u003c\/em\u003e, Sean Benson demonstrates the extensive-even uncanny-ties\u003cbr\u003ebetween\u003cem\u003e Othello\u003c\/em\u003e and the domestic\u003cbr\u003etragedies. Benson argues that just as \u003cem\u003eHamlet\u003c\/em\u003e employs and adapts the\u003cbr\u003econventions of revenge tragedy, so \u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e can only be fully understood\u003cbr\u003ein terms of its exploitation of the tropes and conventions of domestic tragedy.\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores not only the contexts and workings of this popular sub-genre\u003cbr\u003eof Renaissance drama but also \u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e's secure place within it as the\u003cbr\u003equintessential example of the form.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154857246960,"sku":"9781441137661","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781441137661_p0.jpg?v=1763793677","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781441137661","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}