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Written by Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" centers around his primary themes. This guide gives an introduction to the text including its context, Dickens' style and imagery, its critical reception starting from the publication time, acts as a guide to the illustrated editions and film adaptations, and also acts as a guide to further reading.

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Part of a series, which provides an overview of the context, criticism and influence of key works. This title is not only one of the last great novels to be written by Dickens but is also one which centres around his primary themes: the importance of childhood in relationship to adult life, concepts of guilt and imprisonment.

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Provides an introduction to the context, language, themes, criticism and afterlife of the novel "Middlemarch". This guide presents an account of its critical reception. It also discusses the cultural afterlife including film and TV adaptations. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study.

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Provides an introduction to the context, language, themes, criticism and afterlife of the novel "Middlemarch". This guide presents an account of its critical reception. It also discusses the cultural afterlife including film and TV adaptations. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study.

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"The Great Gatsby" (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This guide sets "The Great Gatsby" in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study.

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"The Great Gatsby" (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This guide sets "The Great Gatsby" in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study.

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John Fowles' 1969 novel "The French Lieutenant's Woman" has become a modern classic. 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, and his treatment of key themes.

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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.

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A student-guide to Thomas Hardy's most enduring novel, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". It explores the style, structure, themes, critical reception, and literary influence of Thomas Hardy's novel. It discusses the novel's film and TV adaptations. It offers guidance on literary and historical context, language, style and form, and reading the text.

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A student-guide to Thomas Hardy's most enduring novel, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles". It explores the style, structure, themes, critical reception, and literary influence of Thomas Hardy's novel. It discusses its film and TV adaptations. It offers guidance on literary and historical context, language, style and form, and reading the text.

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First published in 1801, Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit has exercised considerable influence on subsequent thinkers, from Marx and Kierkegaard to Heidegger, Kojve, Adorno and Derrida.

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Explains the philosophical and political background and guides the reader to an understanding of the text. This book offers guidance on philosophical and historical context; key themes; reading the text; reception and influence; and, further reading.

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Explains the philosophical and political background and guides the reader to an understanding of the text. This book offers guidance on philosophical and historical context; key themes; reading the text; reception and influence; and, further reading.

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Explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and provides an overview of the key themes and motifs. This book guides the reader to a clear understanding of Heidegger's work as a whole. It explores the reception and influence of the work and offers the student guidance on further reading.

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Explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and provides an overview of the key themes and motifs. This book guides the reader to a clear understanding of Heidegger's work as a whole. It explores the reception and influence of the work and offers the student guidance on further reading.

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Martin Heidegger is one of the important thinkers of the twentieth century. His later writings are profoundly original and innovative, giving rise to much of postmodernist thinking, yet they are infamously difficult to approach. This guide offers an introduction to eight of Heidegger's important essays.

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Martin Heidegger is one of the important thinkers of the twentieth century. His later writings are profoundly original and innovative, giving rise to much of postmodernist thinking, yet they are infamously difficult to approach. This guide offers an introduction to eight of Heidegger's important essays.

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Thomas Hobbes' most enduring work, "Leviathan", is a key text in the study of political philosophy. Explaining the philosophical background against which the text was written, this book guides the reader to a clear understanding of the text as a whole, and then, explores the reception and influence of this classic philosophical work.

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Thomas Hobbes is widely considered to have been ahead of his time. His work, "Leviathan", is a key text in the study of political philosophy. This book explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and the key themes inherent in the text.

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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.

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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.