'Prophetic fury,': Othello and the economy of Shakespearean reception.

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  • Author(s): Altman, Joel
  • Source:
    Studies in the Literary Imagination. Spring93, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p85. 29p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; OTHELLO (Play : Shakespeare); CRITICISM; DRAMA
    • Abstract:
      Shows how Shakespeare dramatized analogies between theatrical reception and the communicative factitiousness that governs life outside the theater. Exploration of essentialist impulses urged into action by the inessential medium of the theater; Ways in which Shakespeare exploits these impulses in audiences both real and imitated; `Othello,' as main example of Shakespeare's dramatization of analogies.