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Cedric Thomas Watts

    Cedric Watts je renomovaný literárny kritik a učenec, ktorý sa vo svojej rozsiahlej publikačnej činnosti zameriava na hlbokú literárnu analýzu a scholarly kritiku. Jeho publikácie preskúmavajú zložité témy a štýly, pričom často čerpajú z hlbokého porozumenia klasickej literatúry a shakespearovskej drámy. Wattsov prístup je charakteristický svojou analytickou precíznosťou a schopnosťou odhaliť skryté významy a nuansy v literárnych dielach. Jeho práca poskytuje čitateľom obohacujúci pohľad na umenie slova.

    Julius Caesar
    Macbeth
    Othello
    Three Men in a Boat & Three Men on the Bummel
    Typhoon and Other Tales
    Joseph Conrad
    • 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.

      Three Men in a Boat & Three Men on the Bummel2008
      4,1
    • Based on Plutarch's account of the lives of Brutus, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony, Julius Caesar is the first of Shakespeare's Roman history plays. Presented for the first time in 1599, the play showcases the dramatist's ability to explore and express profound human emotions and instincts. It offers compelling insights into history and human behavior, making it a staple in secondary-school curricula. The drama unfolds as Brutus, Cassius, and other conspirators plot to overthrow Caesar, the dictator of Rome. After Caesar's assassination, Mark Antony skillfully turns the crowd against the conspirators with one of literature's most famous speeches. The ensuing civil war sees the forces of Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar triumph over Cassius and Brutus. Humiliated and desperate, both conspirators choose to end their lives. These tragic events raise profound questions about power, government, ethics, and loyalty, creating a riveting dramatic spectacle that resonates with timeless themes.

      Julius Caesar2004
      3,8
    • Othello

      • 64 stránok
      • 3 hodiny čítania

      Zjednodušené, dvojjazyčné (anglicko-slovenské) vydanie známej Shakespearovej hry určené pre deti, ktoré vyšlo ako príloha slovenského bulvárneho denníku.

      Othello2001
      4,0
    • Loose ends and red herrings are the stuff of detective fiction, and under the scrutiny of master sleuths John Sutherland and Cedric Watts Shakespeare's plays reveal themselves to be as full of mysteries as any Agatha Christie novel. Is it summer or winter in Elsinore? Do Bottom and Titania make love? Does Lady Macbeth faint, or is she just pretending? How does a man putrefy within minutes of his death? Is Cleopatra a deadbeat Mum? And why doesn't Juliet ask 'O Romeo Montague, wherefore art thou Montague?' As Watts and Sutherland explore these and other puzzles Shakespeare's genuius becomes ever more apparent. Speculative, critical, good-humoured and provocative, their discussions shed light on apparent anachronisms, performance and stagecraft, linguistics, Star Trek and much else. Shrewd and entertaining, these essays add a new dimension to the pleasure of reading or watching Shakespeare.

      Henry V, War Criminal?2000
      3,7
    • Joseph Conrad

      • 80 stránok
      • 3 hodiny čítania

      Professor Watts’s study examines the main phase in Joseph Conrad’s literary development.

      Joseph Conrad1994
      3,8
    • Romeo a Júlia

      • 141 stránok
      • 5 hodin čítania

      Naveky najsmutnejší! Taký je ten príbeh Romea a Júlie. To sú verše o nesmrteľných milencoch zo Shakespearovho veľdiela Romeo a Júlia, ktoré nebolo vytvorené iba pre javisko, ale je aj nádherným čitateľským zážitkom. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) nebol obyčajný dramatik – o ňom sa vždy bude hovoriť ako o najväčšom básnikovi divadla. Aj nový slovenský preklad je dielom básnika – hru preložil Ľubomír Feldek.

      Romeo a Júlia1992
      3,8
    • Macbeth

      • 64 stránok
      • 3 hodiny čítania

      Zjednodušené, dvojjazyčné (anglicko-slovenské) vydanie známej Shakespearovej hry určené pre deti, ktoré vyšlo ako príloha slovenského bulvárneho denníku.

      Macbeth1992
      3,9
    • Typhoon and Other Tales

      • 356 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      The four tales in this volume share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland, the country of his birth. Typhoon is the story of a steamship and her crew beset by tempest, and of the stolid captain whose dogged courage is tested to the limit. In Falk a taciturn young woman is bizarrely courted by a tug-boat master who is haunted by a terrible secret. Amy Foster tells of an emigrant Pole struggling to overcome isolation and prejudice in England. The final tale, The Secret Sharer , is Conrad's most famous short story, a masterpiece of suspense and ambiguity. Giving sanctuary to a fugitive sailor, a young sea-captain risks his ship and his command in order to save him. This revised edition uses the English first edition texts and has a new chronology and bibliography.

      Typhoon and Other Tales1986
      4,0