Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century.
    * An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US).
    * Provides students both with strategies for interpretation and with fresh readings of selected seminal texts.
    * Maps out the most important contexts and concepts for understanding this fiction.
    * Features readings of ten influential English-language novels including Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.

Two amorous young gentlemen, objects of their affection who are in love with the name Ernest, the worlds most formidable aunt, a dotty governess, and a dull-witted country parson--these are perhaps the most feckless, unconsciously witty, and uproarious characters ever to grace a stage. A tour de force of wit and irony, Oscar Wilde's most enduring and influential play enjoys frequent, if not always expert, revival.

The World's Great Philosophers provides an introduction to and overview of some of the most profound and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.

• Presents an introduction to and overview of some of the most profound and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.
• Contains 40 essays, written by an outstanding international assembly of scholars.
• Provides cogent and accessible discussion of key philosophers from around the world.
• Conveys the historical panorama of philosophical thought on the nature of reality, the human condition, and basic human values.

This short and accessible book introduces readers to the problems of heresy, schism and dissidence over the last two millennia.
The heresies under discussion range from Gnosticism, influential in the early Christian period, right through to modern sects.