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.
One of Shakespeare's most popular and accessible plays, Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers and the unhappy fate that befell them as a result of a long and bitter feud between their families. The play contains some of Shakespeare's most beautiful and lyrical love poetry and is perhaps the finest celebration of the joys of young love ever written. This inexpensive edition includes the complete, unabridged text with explanatory footnotes.Ideal for classroom use, it is a wonderful addition to the home library of anyone wanting to savor one of literature's most sublime paeans to love.
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.