This Norton Critical Edition includes:#65533;The First Folio text (1623). #65533; An introduction, explanatory footnotes, note on the text, and textual notes by Edward Pechter. #65533; Fifteen illustrations. #65533; Giraldi Cinthio's sixteenth-century story in its entirety, which Shakespeare used for both the plot and many details of Othello. #65533; A generous selection of interpretive responses to Othello from its origins to the present day, including--new to the SecondEdition--those by Stanley Cavell and Lois Potter. Edward Pechter's popular theatrical and critical overview of Othello has been significantly expanded. #65533; An updated Selected Bibliography.