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Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain - The United Nations At Fifty

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 The end of the Cold War and the forceful response to Iraq's aggression created expectations that the UN would change from a marginal into a centre player in world affairs.
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John Donne: The Poems

by Joe Nutt

33,38€ + 10% CARD

 John Donne''s poems are some of the most challenging and stimulating in the English literary heritage. This book looks at the entire range of his poetic output, from the erotic to the divine, from satires to sonnets. Through detailed analysis of a large number of individual poems, Donne''s intellectual vitality and unique poetic voice is entertainingly explored. The practical techniques are explained clearly, and when applied to the work of other poets, will enable the reader to feel confident in understanding and discussing even the most demanding verse.
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Shakespeare: Three Problem Plays

by Nicholas Marsh

101,36€ + 10% CARD

 Focusing on "All's Well that Ends Well", "Measure for Measure" and "Troilus and Cressida", this text uses close analysis of extracts from the plays to build the reader's confidence when approaching Shakespeare's problem plays.
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Aphra Behn: The Comedies

by Kate Aughterson

34,57€ + 10% CARD

 Provides students with an approachable analysis of Behn's dramaturgical abilities, showing how she uses comic and dramatic conventions to radical ends. Aughterson shows how Behn forces her audience to engage with issues of gender and sexuality, whilst continuing to write witty and accessible plays.
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Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

by Gail Ashton

30,99€ + 10% CARD

 Detailed textual analysis of the tales by the Miller, Nun''s Priest, the Wife of Bath and the Pardoner, as well as the General Prologue invites you to sharpen your critical faculties, extend your knowledge and engage with the text itself in order to fully appreciate the work of this fascinating, complex and surprisingly modern writer. Whether you consider yourself an expert or a student, this study has something for you as it demonstrates the various approaches which can be used to learn about style, structure, multiple voices and the key themes of Chaucer''s work. It offers a careful support and thoughtful framework upon which to base your own analysis and challenging you to form your own ideas and opinions.
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Jane Austen: The Novels

by Nicholas Marsh

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 Jane Austen''s novels are among the most polished and carefully-crafted works in the English literary heritage. This book takes extracts and examines them in close detail, bringing out the extraordinary richness of irony and implication in Jane Austen''s writing. Using the tool of textual analysis, the reader is taught to explore and enjoy the delicate comedy of her narratives, and to inquire into the serious moral purpose that lies behind each of these four novels. This guide does not simplify the study of Jane Austen, but invites the reader to pursue and revel in the ironic subtlety of her methods and thought.
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Thomas Hardy: The Novels

by Norman Page

32,18€ + 10% CARD

 This book is designed to serve as a practical guide for students and others wishing to improve their skills in the detailed analysis and discussion of Hardy''s prose texts. Its aim is to sharpen readers'' awareness of the complexity and subtlety of Hardy''s art by encouraging responsiveness to such aspects as language and style, imagery and symbol, descriptive and dramatic method and narrative technique. At the same time extracts are considered not in isolation but in relation to the overall purposes of a highly-organised text. While the main focus is on four of Hardy''s most-widely read novels, the twenty-four examples of close analysis cover six major themes that are relevant to all his fiction. There are also numerous references to his other writings in prose and verse. The second part of the book provides, in succinct form, essential background material, including an outline of Hardy''s life and career and an account of the literary, historical and intellectual contexts of his fiction. As well as a guide to further reading, a chapter is devoted to samples of criticism illustrating a range of approaches to the chosen texts and representing the work of important critics past and present.
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George Eliot: The Novels

by Mike Edwards

32,18€ + 10% CARD

 This volume guides students through Eliot''s most widely studied novels: The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner and Middlemarch. The first part of the book is based on analysis of extracts grouped by themes including relationships, society and morality. At the end of each chapter, a ''Methods'' section offers ideas for independent study. The second part describes Eliot''s biographical, cultural and intellectual environment, and gives readings of representative critical writing.
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Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights

by Nicholas Marsh

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 Chapters on the narrative frame, characters, imagery and symbols, structure and themes use practical analysis to build and refine our insight into Wuthering Heights. Part Two gives information about Emily Brontë''s life and works, a discussion of this novel''s place in the development of fiction and a comparison of three important critical views. Suggestions for further reading, fully explained examples of analysis and suggestions for further work make this volume both accessible and a bridge to further study.
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Wordsworth And Coleridge - Lyrical Ballads

by John Blades

33,38€ + 10% CARD

 Written in an age of revolutions, Lyrical Ballads represents a radical new way of thinking - not only about literature but also about our fundamental perceptions of the world. The poetry of Wordsworth and Coleridge continues to be among the most appealing and challenging in the rich tradition of English Literature; and Lyrical Ballads, composed at the height of the young authors'' creative powers, is now widely acclaimed as a landmark in literary history. In this lively study, detailed analysis of individual poems is closely grounded in the literary, political and historical contexts in which Lyrical Ballads was first conceived, realised and subsequently expanded into two volumes. John Blades examines poetry from both volumes and carefully reassesses the poems in the light of Wordsworth''s and Coleridge''s revolutionary theories, while Part II of the study broadens the discussion by tracing the critical history of Lyrical Ballads over the two centuries since its first publication. Providing students with the critical and analytical skills with which to approach the poems, and offering guidance on further study, this stimulating book is essential reading.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby/Tender Is The Night

by Nicolas Tredell

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 This stimulating study takes a fresh look at two of Fitzgerald's major texts. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines the historical and literary contexts and key criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Fitzgerald's work for the first time.
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Shakespeare: The Late Plays

by Kate Aughterson

33,38€ + 10% CARD

 What makes Shakespeare''s late plays so special? Through detailed analyses of key passages, Kate Aughterson shows how these plays portray a world of political intrigue, familial chaos and crisis, which teeters continually into tragedy: a world we can recognise today. Part I of this engaging study: - Provides stimulating close readings of extracts from The Tempest, The Winter''s Tale, Cymbeline and Pericles - Examines major topics such as openings, endings, familial roles, stage properties, spectacle and song - Offers suggestions for further work and summarizes the methods of analysis Part II supplies essential background material, including: - Detailed accounts of Shakespeare''s literary and historical contexts - Samples from important critical works and performances With a helpful Further Reading section, this illuminating volume is ideal for anyone who wishes to appreciate and explore Shakespeare''s late plays for themselves.
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Marlowe: The Plays

by Stevie Simkin

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 This title explores extracts from Marlowe's four plays, attempting to uncover key concerns, including heroes and anti heroes, gender, and power and politics. The reader is guided towards an understanding of these issues, in an Elizabethan context, and in the context of the 21st century.
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John Milton: Paradise Lost

by Mike Edwards

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 Paradise Lost is for many the greatest poem written in English. Composed late in the author''s life, it deals with nothing less than the destiny of mankind. This essential introductory guide: - Leads the reader into the epic poem through detailed analysis of key extracts, exploring Milton''s original thought and style - Provides useful sections on ''Methods of Analysis'' and ''Further Work'' to aid independent study - Offers valuable information on Milton''s life, times and literary legacy - Examines the development of critical opinion and discusses some recent critical views of the poem. John Milton: Paradise Lost is ideal for anyone who is studying this complex and beautiful work for the first time. It will enable you to approach your own critical analysis of the poem with confidence.
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William Blake: The Poems

by Nicholas Marsh

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 William Blake was ignored in his own time. Now, however, his Songs of Innocence and Experience and ''prophetic books'' are widely admired and studied. The second edition of this successful introductory text: - Leads the reader into the Songs and ''prophetic books'' via detailed analysis of individual poems and extracts, and now features additional insightful analyses - Provides useful sections on ''Methods of Analysis'' and ''Suggested Work'' to aid independent study - Offers expanded historical and cultural context, and an extended sample of critical views that includes discussion of the work of recent critics - Provides up-to-date suggestions for further reading William Blake: The Poems is ideal for students who are encountering the work of this major English poet for the first time. Nicholas Marsh encourages you to enjoy and explore the power and beauty of Blake''s poems for yourself.
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John Keats

by John Blades

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 This comprehensive guide to the poetry and letters of John Keats offers a highly readable and detailed textual analysis of the themes and techniques of his work. Blades assesses all the major writing - including the narratives and the great odes - and goes on to examine the context of the verse through a survey of the poet''s letters and an examination of the key features of nineteenth century Romanticism. This lively and imaginative study concludes with a discussion of some of the most influential critical responses to Keats''s work.
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Thomas Hardy: The Poems

by Gillian Steinberg

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 Gillian Steinberg offers an approachable introduction to the poems of one of the most prolific and influential English writers, through an examination of wide-ranging selections from his work. Part I of this invaluable study: - Provides clear and stimulating close readings of Thomas Hardy''s key poems - Considers major themes in Hardy''s poetry, including ghosts, God''s role in the world, war, and the painful passage of time - Summarizes the methods of analysis and provides suggestions for further work Part II supplies essential background material, featuring: - An account of Hardy''s life and works - Samples of criticism from important Hardy scholars With a helpful Further Reading section, this insightful volume is ideal for anyone who wishes to appreciate and explore Hardy''s poetry for themselves.
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Robert Browning: The Poems

by John Blades

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 This stimulating study takes a fresh look at Browning's poetry and key themes. Part I uses carefully selected extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines Browning's life, contexts and a sample of criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Browning's poems for the first time.
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Mary Shelley: Frankenstein

by Nicholas Marsh

29,80€ + 10% CARD

 This study focuses on how Frankenstein works: how the story is told and why it is so rich and gripping. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines Shelley''s life, the historical and literary contexts of the novel, and offers a sample of key criticism.
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Charles Dickens: David Copperfield/ Great Expectations

by Nicolas Tredell

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 David Copperfield and Great Expectations are among Charles Dickens''s most famous novels. In both books, the hero tells the vivid and absorbing tale of his education by life, presents a rich range of characters and scenes, and tackles profound moral, social and psychological themes. Part I of this essential study: - Provides lucid and penetrating analyses of key passages - Discusses the crucial topics of patriarchy, class, obsession, eccentricity, death, breakdown and recovery - Summarizes the methods of analysis and offers suggestions for further work Part II supplies key background material, including: - An account of Dickens''s life and works - A survey of historical, cultural and literary contexts - Samples of significant criticism Also featuring a valuable Further Reading section, this volume provides readers with the critical and analytical skills which will enable them to enjoy and explore both novels for themselves.
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Charles Dickens - Hard Times/Bleak House

by Nicholas Marsh

33,38€ + 10% CARD

 This stimulating study takes a fresh look at two of Dickens'' most widely-studied texts. Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines the historical and literary contexts and key criticism. The volume is an ideal introductory guide for those who are studying Dickens'' novels for the first time.
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Daniel Defoe: The Novels

by Nicholas Marsh

32,18€ + 10% CARD

 Daniel Defoe''s writings have bred controversy since their first appearance in the eighteenth century: ''Robinson Crusoe'' fuels virulent disagreements among critics, while Defoe''s two scandalous women, ''Moll Flanders'' and ''Roxana'', can still shock us and challenge the range of our sympathies. This essential study: - Takes a fresh look at these intriguing novels and leads the reader into close analysis of Defoe''s texts, encouraging an open-minded approach to interpretation - Features chapters on the novels'' openings, conscience and repentance, society and economics, women and patriarchy, and the use of ''outsider'' narrators - Provides useful sections on ''Methods of Analysis'' and ''Suggested Work'' to aid independent study - Offers historical and literary background, a sample of critical views, and suggestions for further reading Equipping students with the critical and analytical skills with which to approach Defoe''s work, this inspiring guide helps readers to appreciate the brilliance of the author''s writing and to enjoy the complexity of his fictional creations for themselves.
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John Donne: The Poems

by Joe Nutt

33,38€ + 10% CARD

 John Donne's poems are some of the most challenging and stimulating in the English literary heritage. Through detailed analysis of a large number of individual poems, Donne's intellectual vitality and unique poetic voice is entertainingly explored.
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Charlotte Bronte: The Novels

by Mike Edwards

30,99€ + 10% CARD

 A practical approach to Charlotte Bronte's best-known novels, which shows how coherent criticism can be evolved from close reading. The book contains worked examples, with detailed guidance and suggestions for further work which should be useful for both teachers and students.
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