Cedric Watts
Contributor
Cedric Watts is Research Professor of English Literature at the University of Sussex. His many publications include books on Shakespeare, Keats, Cunninghame Graham, Joseph Conrad, and Graham Greene. He is also the co-author (along with John Sutherland) of Henry V, War Criminal? and Other Shakespeare Puzzles. He is also a contributor to 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2012), where an earlier version of this Britannica entry first appeared.
Primary Contributions (1)
Arrow of God, novel by acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe that was first published in 1964. It is Achebe’s third novel and is the final book is what is called his African Trilogy. Arrow of God is set during the 1920s in Nigeria, in the fictional Igbo village group of six villages called…
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Publications (1)
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2012)
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have exited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs and presenting quotes from individual novels...
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