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Utilizing elements of critical theory, intellectual history and the sociology of knowledge, the author of this treatise traces recent developments and resulting controversies involved in the teaching of English.

A study of those narratives which, although neglected by historians of the novel, provide us today with examples of highly successful commercial exploitations of enduring stereotypes such as the criminal, the traveller-merchant, the persecuted maiden and the aristocratic seducer.

Scholars in Medieval Europe divided human life into three, four, six or seven "ages of man" and so related it to the larger orders of nature and history. Burrows examines the expression and manifestation of these ideas in many medieval sources and considers the ways in which they entered into the medieval writer's assessment of human behaviour.

A full scale account of Restoration drama, following the changing patterns of drama decade by decade from 1660 to 1710. The author explores the diversity of the plays, carrying out a detailed survey of some 500 of them.

The author attempts to apply developments in critical theory and practice to the entire canon of Conrad's works. Using a broadly structuralist approach, the book aims to further the reader's understanding of Conrad's fiction by analyzing his narrative method and focusing on its devices, functions, variations and thematic effects or implications.

Kennedy offers a new solution to the fascinating puzzle of how the tale of Lancelot's love for Guinevere came to be linked with the legend of the Grail. Based on extensive research, the book raises such issues as the interplay between feudal relationships and literary structures, intertextuality, and the development of a text through time.

The dispute over 'who should pay' for the Great War poisoned international relations, destabilized world finance, and helped the rise of the Nazis in the 1920s and 1930s. This is the first comprehensive study and it makes an important contribution to our understanding of the politics and economics of the inter-war period.

This study of medieval Christian marriage between 1000 and 1500 draws upon aspects of social, religious, political and legal history to look into the heart of human experiences within families and marriages. It provides case studies and sources, including the letters of Heloise and Abelard.

A study of the social character of the British working class from the 1880s to the 1950s. Its central themes are working-class cultures and organizations, the relationship between the working class and other classes and the class changes wrought by two World Wars.

In the debate about animal rights, biologists may feel threatened by criticism of their use of animals. They may also feel that philosophical discussion of animals is so abstract as to be meaningless. This book brings philosophy and biology together to address these attitudes.

A novel theory of distributive justice premised on the fundamental moral equality of persons. In the light of his theory, the author considers three types of problems - the distribution of resources, property rights, and the saving of life - and provides unconventional answers.

The interplay between non-relativistic quantum theory and metaphysics has generated radically opposed interpretations for quantum theory. This book outlines the contours of these debates and presents an interpretation of quantum theory which resolves most of the paradoxes.

Posing the question - if determinism is true, and free will an illusion, what are the consequences? - this book attempts to disprove the traditional doctrines about the consequences of determinism, compatibilism and incompatibilism.

This study addresses major problems in interpreting Aristotle, such as whether the reader should reconcile the apparent inconsistencies of the corpus by assuming an underlying unity of doctrine (unitarianism), or by positing a sequence of developing ideas (developmentalism).

This study proposes a new, unified view of the mind which integrates the insights of philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Through a discussion of major theories from these and related disciplines, the author reveals links to human thought and experience.

An account of the singular way in which the American tort system has evolved and operates today. The book deals with such topics as judicial activism, the jury in civil trials, the trial lawyers, the contingent fee and mass litigation: all subjects of contemporary interest in the USA.

`...a scholarly, wide-ranging and illuminating book ... will be indispensable to students and teachers of Shakespeare and the English Romantic poets.' British Book News.

This paperback edition of the "Medea" contains introduction, text and apparatus criticus. It aims to elucidate the play and to make it easily accessible to students of English and French literature.

A scholarly edition of a work by Cicero. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

This is the definitive guide to the study of Mozart's symphonies. Professor Zaslaw examines each symphony associated with Mozart, places it in its musical and cultural context, and addresses such questions as how and why they were written, and who paid, played, and listened to them.