Cedric Watts is een vooraanstaand literair criticus en academicus wiens uitgebreide publicaties diep ingaan op literaire analyse en scholarly kritiek. Zijn werken verkennen complexe thema's en stijlen, vaak gebaseerd op een diepgaand begrip van klassieke literatuur en Shakespeare's drama. Watts' benadering wordt gekenmerkt door zijn analytische precisie en zijn vermogen om verborgen betekenissen en nuances in literaire teksten te ontdekken. Zijn wetenschap biedt lezers een verrijkend perspectief op de kunst van het geschreven woord.
Dramatic and powerful in its scope, 'Othello' explores the perils of suspicion and jealousy and the ensuing breakdown of relationships and disaster that can arise from such emotions. Othello secretly marries Desdemona, but is led to believe that she has been unfaithful to him by his ensign, Iago, leading to tragic events.
Three men in a boat: Three friends along with the dog, Montmorency, experience the hazards and vicissitudues of life in a boating expedition along the Thames.
This tragedy of doomed lovers from warring families has inspired poetic expression from young lovers the world over. The 300-year-old drama is perhaps Shakespeare's best-known work. The CliffsComplete Romeo and Juliet is a revised and expanded study edition. It contains Shakespeare's original play, a glossary, and expert commentary in a unique, 2-column format. To enhance your learning, notes and definitions appear directly opposite the line in which they occur, and a review section follows the play. This edition also introduces you to the life, works, and times of William Shakespeare.
This is the most extensively annotated edition of Macbeth currently available, offering a thorough reconsideration of one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. A full and accessible introduction studies the immediate theatrical and political contexts of Macbeth's composition, especially the Gunpowder Plot and the contemporary account of an early performance at the Globe. It treats such celebrated issues as whether the Witches compel Macbeth to murder; whether Lady Macbeth is herself a witch; whether Banquo is Macbeth's accomplice in crime and what criticism is levelled against Macduff. An extensive, well-illustrated account of the play in performance examines several cinematic versions, such as those by Kurosawa and Roman Polanski, and other dramatic adaptations. Several possible new sources are suggested, and the presence of Thomas Middleton's writing in the play is proposed. Appendixes contain additional text and accompanying music.
Notes on the story, language, construction, and background accompany the text of the play about the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar.
Professor Watts’s study examines the main phase in Joseph Conrad’s literary development.