Othello: Shakespeare's Realistic Samson

The essay studies the significance of the biblical Samson to early modern reformers, artists, and, primarily, Shakespeare. A long allusion in Love's Labor's Lost identifies Samson as a prototypical lover who learns from Delilah's wit and teaches the play's "book-men" th...

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Main Author: Kietzman, Mary Jo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2020
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2020, Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Pages: 91-114
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, Othello (Game) / Samson Biblical character
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
HB Old Testament
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
Further subjects:B Loneliness
B Desdemona (Fictitious character)
B Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
B Reformers
B DELILAH (Biblical figure)
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