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.
Cedric Thomas Watts Book order
Cedric Watts is a distinguished literary critic and scholar whose extensive publications delve deeply into literary analysis and scholarly critique. His works explore complex themes and styles, often drawing from a profound understanding of classic literature and Shakespearean drama. Watts's approach is characterized by its analytical precision and his ability to uncover hidden meanings and nuances within literary texts. His scholarship offers readers an enriching perspective on the art of the written word.
- 2008
- 2004
Notes on the story, language, construction, and background accompany the text of the play about the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar.
- 2001
Othello
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
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.
- 2000
Romeo and Juliet
- 92 pages
- 4 hours of reading
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.
- 1994
Joseph Conrad
- 80 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Professor Watts’s study examines the main phase in Joseph Conrad’s literary development.
- 1992
Macbeth
- 308 pages
- 11 hours of reading
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.
