Othello as Morisco
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16674541 |
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| Authors | Adam Hall (0000-0001-8439-6003, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 68-73 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-769X • E-ISSN: 1940-3364 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0895769x.2015.1038970 |
| OpenAlex | W2232597522 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This article examines the influence of Islamic ideas in Shakespeare's Othello. Islamic religious and cultural practices were made familiar to Shakespeare and his contemporaries through various books on the subject of Islam and the East. This article examines contemporary Elizabethan Islamic texts and how Shakespeare shaped his Moorish character based on Islamic religious codes of law
Environmental Science · Medieval History and Crusades · Medieval Literature and History · Sephardic Jews and Inquisition Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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