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Emma is one of Jane Austen's popular novels, in large part due to the impact of Emma Woodhouse, the 'handsome, clever and rich' heroine. This guide to Emma explores the style, structure, themes, critical reputation and literary influence of Jane Austen's novel and also discusses its film and TV versions.

"Descartes' Meditations" is one of the most important texts in the whole history of philosophy. Descartes is widely regarded as the father of modern philosophy and the issues raised in the Meditations have often been taken to define the very nature of philosophy. This book offers an account of this philosophical work.

Offers an account of the key philosophical work. This book provides a review of the key themes and a commentary that enable readers to navigate the text. It explores the complex and important ideas inherent in the text and provides a cogent survey of the reception and influence of Kant's important work.

Contains Nietzsche's mature philosophy of the free spirit.

A guide to Chaucer's poem "The Canterbury Tales" which introduces readers to Chaucer's life and times and reconsiders both the impact and the context of its inception. It details Chaucer's cultural and literary world, as well as reviews the publishing history of the Tales.

John Fowles' 1969 novel "The French Lieutenant's Woman" has become a modern classic but it is a complex novel. This guide offers readings of the text as well as accounts of Fowles' influences and the context of the novel's composition. It also discusses Fowles' manipulation of the story's Victorian setting and source material.

"Berkeley's Three Dialogues" is a key text in the history of philosophy - the dialogues are, with the exception of Hume's, arguably the most important philosophical dialogues written in English. This book offers an account of this philosophical work. It gives a review of the key themes and a commentary that can enable readers to navigate the text.

Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" is arguably one of the influential books of the twentieth century and a key text in the philosophy and history of science. This guide offers an account of this key philosophical work. It provides a review of the key themes and a commentary that enables readers to navigate the text.

Offers an introduction to the context, themes, and influence of one of the most important works of 20th century political philosophy. This book offers guidance on philosophical and historical context; key themes; reading the text; and reception and influence. It is suitable for undergraduate students.

A guide to ten of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges' best-known and widely studied short stories. It offers an analysis of such key terms in Borges' work as 'labyrinth' and the 'infinite' and analyses Borges' particular narrative strategies.

Chinua Achebe's remarkable novel "Things Fall Apart" (1958) is probably the best known African novel and has become one of the world's most influential literary masterpieces. This guide to the text sets "Things Fall Apart" in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure.

An introduction to the dramatic and theatrical tradition of Ireland. Beginning with essays on 20th-century Irish history, The Irish Literary Theatre, and the development of the Modern Irish Theatre in Dublin and other cities, the guide presents biographies of over 25 dramatists.

This text is designed to help readers to approach the difficult writings of James Joyce. Its summary and interpretation of the books in the Joyce canon emphasises allusions, relationships, and parallels in world literature and utilises Tindall's knowledge of psychology.

The Grundrisse is widely regarded as one of Marx's most important texts, with many commentators claiming it is the centrepiece of his entire oeuvre. It is also, however, a notoriously difficult text to understand and interpret. In this - the first guide and introduction to reading the Grundrisse - Simon Choat helps us to make sense of a text that is both a first draft of Capital and a major work in its own right. As well as offering a detailed commentary on the entire text, this guide explains the Grundrisse's central themes and arguments and highlights its impact and influence. The Grundrisse's discussions of money, labour, nature, freedom, the role of machinery, and the development and dynamics of capitalism have influenced generations of thinkers, from Anglo-American historians such as Eric Hobsbawm and Robert Brenner to Continental philosophers like Antonio Negri and Gilles Deleuze, as well as offering vital insights into Marx's methodology and the trajectory of his thought. Contemporary examples are used throughout this guide both to illuminate Marx's terminology and concepts and to illustrate the continuing relevance of the Grundrisse. Readers will be offered guidance on:-Philosophical and Historical Context-Key Themes-Reading the Text-Reception and Influence

A comprehensive survey of modern American drama beginning with its antecedents in Victorian melodrama through to the present. The author discusses the work of more than 70 playwrights, from the golden eras of Broadway to the rise of Off-Broadway and regional theatre.

Samuel Beckett specialised in short enigmatic texts, implying vast visionary works of which the stories are broken pieces. Kenner's guide is designed to help readers see beyond the story in Beckett to the text as a whole and to appreciate the uniqueness of each of his works.

Provides introductions to classic works of philosophy. This book guides the reader to an understanding of the text as a whole, exploring the reception and influence of this philosophical work.

Part of a series in which each book explores the themes, philosophical context and passages of a philosophical text, this book provides an exposition of the famous "Argument to Design". It aims to prove the existence of a designing intelligence or God from Nature's phenomena, notably the functional contrivance of the parts of plants and animals.

This volume examines the poems of T.S. Eliot, work by work.