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Othello (Cliffs Complete)

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Save your money. This study edition of Shakespeare's Othello is attractively laid out, with footnotes in the margins and helpful-looking commentary, but closer inspection reveals sloppy writing with many typos, misplaced modifiers, and (most importantly) serious misinterpretations of the play. Author Kate Maurer clearly needed a good editor, and did not get one. I wanted to throw my copy across the room!

Shakespeare deserves better and so do you. Skip this shoddy piece of work and find a better study edition for your Othello studies.

The Cliffs Complete series work wonderfully for in-class reading and discussion. The commentary is accessible and academic, while the in-text notes are informative and helpful. There's more than enough room for annotation around the text, too, which can aid students needing to analyze outside of the given commentary.