Publication

2009 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

28,750 words, Guess

Page Count

115 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780691137339
  • ISBN-100691137331
  • LibraryThing8483913
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008040961
  • OCLC Control Number259754300
and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780691137339
  • Better World BooksW8-ACL-873
  • Open LibraryOL22560229M

Classifications

  • DDC822.3/3
  • LCCPR2993.I3 R33 2009
  • LCCPR2993.I3R33 2009

Description

This book is a concise philosophical meditation on Iago and the nature of evil, through the exploration of the enduring puzzle found in Shakespeare's Othello. What drives Iago to orchestrate Othello's downfall? Instead of treating Iago's lack of motive as the play's greatest weakness, The Apologetics of Evil shows how this absence of motive is the play's greatest strength. Richard Raatzsch determines that Iago does not seek a particular end or revenge for a discrete wrong; instead, Iago is governed by a passion for intriguing in itself.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Princeton monographs in philosophy

Other Editions

  • The apologetics of evil: the case of IagoPrinceton University Press2009-01-01

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