George Eliot is perhaps most appreciated for her ability to synthesize moral and aesthetic concerns. This volume presents the evolving scope of Eliot's critical reputation, offering valuable insight into her classic novels including 'Middlemarch', 'Daniel Deronda', 'Adam Bede', 'Silas Marner', and 'The Mill on the Floss'. A chronology of the author's life, an index, and an introduction by esteemed scholar Harold Bloom round out this addition to the Bloom's Classic Critical Views series.

Plain Tales from the Hills

This was Kipling's first published volume of fiction. The stories with their brevity and concentration of effect are a landmark in the history of the short story. Plain Tales from the Hills (published 1888) is the first collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Out of its 40 stories, "eight-and-twenty", according to Kipling's Preface, were initially published in the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore, British India (now Pakistan) between November 1886 and June 1887.

Posessed Individuals, Technology and the French Postmodern

The impact of French theory from Baudrillard and Barthes to Virilio, Lyotard, Deleuze and Guattari in the form of post-structuralism and postmodern theory has, Arthur Kroker argues, masked its true significance as an eloquent account of technology not as an object we can hold outside ourselves but an invasive cynical power, where under the sign of possessed individualism life is enfolded within the dynamic technological language of virtual reality.

Considered by some as enchanting as a fairy tale and in some ways as simple in its approach, George Eliot's Silas Marner extends well beyond such a sphere. The text focuses on the evils of religion and society, both of which ostracize those they do not understand. Study the novel through the work of some of the most respected critics on the subject.

During the past decade, advances in technology have provided many sophisticated tools to assist the investigator with the location and identification of human remains. Aircraft-mounted infrared detectors, ground penetrating radar, and electromagnetic sensors are just a few that can be used to identify potential gravesites. Each of these tools has limitations. Some are cumbersome and suitable for use in small areas. Graphing interpretation requires a high level of expertise, which may not be available. However, when they are combined with a cadaver dog they can be used very effectively.