"From the Aethiopica to the Renaissance: Recovering a Stage Tradition of Positive Representation of Africans in Early Modern England"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc469/
Author:
	Sinclair, Margaret.
Type:
	Dissertation
Year:
	2013
Publication Information:
	Maryland--College Park, 2013, not paginated. <p>Dissertation Abstracts Inernational</p>
Annotation:
	Arguing that Othello's connection with Heliodorus's Aethiopica "provides us with a more layered and historicized interpretation of" Othello and Desdemona: the former's "nobility and heroic status become more sharply defined, giving us a fuller understanding of the emphasis he places on chastity--both for himself and for Desdemona; the latter is "a courageous, resourceful, witty, and pure heroine . . .--one who lives by the dictates of her conscience [rather] than by the constraints of societal norms."
Language:
	English
Persons:
	Heliodorus
Keywords:
	Othello; Desdemona; nobility; chastity
Tags:
	Othello, Shakespeare's Sources and Influences on Shakespeare
WSB Update:
	2013
WSB Record Number:
	bbbc469