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Discussing the work of Thomas Hardy, Richard Jefferies, John Cowper Powys and Mary Butts, this title maps various districts of the 'west country' to redefine the 'parochial'; while being keenly aware of their own status as natives locked into complex histories of self-exile and return, estrangement and ardent identification.

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Considers four regional writers and their complex relationship with concepts of space and place at a time of seismic social change.

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Explores the study of literature and literary history in light of global changes, looking at what defines world literature in the 21st century. Surveying ideas of literature from Goethe onwards, the author devises a compelling concept of literary constellations.

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Provides an introduction to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. This is a guide for understanding this Stoic author - the only philosopher who was also an emperor.

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Provides an introduction to the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. This title presents an exploration of the life and philosophical reflections of this complex Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor.

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Features a collection of essays that offers contemporary critical readings and assessments of three Atwood texts - "The Robber Bride", "The Blind Assassin", and "Oryx and Crake".

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A collection of original essays offering contemporary critical readings and assessments of three well known Atwood texts - "The Robber Bride", "The Blind Assassin", and "Oryx and Crake". It reveals not only Atwood's engagement with the issues that have long preoccupied her, but also her increasing formal complexity as a novelist.

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The Marginal as a concept has become an integral part of the British novel as it stands at the turn of the century. Both popular and literary fiction since the mid-1970s has seen an increasing emphasis on the marginal subject. This title offers readings of a range of British novels that represent characters or communities at the margin of society.

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Presents a critical examination of the readings of Marx given by four post-structuralist thinkers: Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze. Arguing that both Marx and the post-structuralists seek to produce a genuinely materialist philosophy, this title develops an understanding of Marx and post-structuralism.

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Presents an examination of the readings of Marx given by four post-structuralist thinkers, all key figures in Continental philosophy: Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze. This title aims to develop a better understanding of both Marx and post-structuralism.

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This text provides an introduction to Marxist literary criticism. It comprises studies of major figures in the tradition, specifically Althusser, Gramsci, Eagleton, Adorno, Benjamin, Bloch, Lefebvre, Lukacs and Jameson.

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A comprehensive guide to drama education, ensuring a solid foundation for supporting effective learning and teaching. It explores the history, practice and research in drama education to create a foundation for effective learning and teaching.

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Mathematics is a core subject and using and applying mathematics in problem solving activities is crucial in enabling children to use their knowledge and skills in a range of situations. This book includes case studies from practicing teachers that enable readers to easily relate the theoretical information to their classroom and teaching.

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Mathematics is a core subject and using and applying mathematics in problem solving activities is crucial in enabling children to use their knowledge and skills in a range of situations. This book shows how to teach mathematical concepts and discusses the reasoning and research behind using problem solving and investigation teaching techniques.

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Examines ways in which widely available digital technologies can be used to benefit the teaching and learning of mathematics. This volume concludes by looking at future developments and by considering the ways in which ICT could be used as a catalyst for cross-curricular work to achieve greater curricular coherence.

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Albert Lautman (1908-1944) was a French philosopher of mathematics whose work played a crucial role in the history of contemporary French philosophy. This title collects the work of Lautman. It offers readers an insight into his influence on the development of mathematics and philosophy.

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Albert Lautman (1908-1944) was a French philosopher of mathematics whose work played a crucial role in the history of contemporary French philosophy. This title collects the work of Lautman. It offers readers an insight into his influence on the development of mathematics and philosophy.

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Marshall McLuhan was dubbed a media guru when he came to prominence in the 1960s. The Woodstock generation found him cool; their parents found him perplexing. This guide offers a close reading of all of his work with a focus on tracing the systematic development of his thought.

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Focusing on McLuhan's work, this title traces the systematic development of his thought. It intends to clarify McLuhan's thinking, to consolidate it in a fashion which prevents misreadings, and to open the way to advancing his own program: ensuring that the world does not sleepwalk into the twenty-first century with nineteenth-century perceptions.

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By employing the method of autoethnography to find out what boys and men 'want' and 'say', this book offers a timely contribution to our understanding of contemporary cultural attachments, as well as informative accounts of two instances united by their apparent gender focus and by their interest in ways of imagining high-tech.

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Studies the relationship between forms of spirituality, media and its effect on social reform. This book maps emergent global practices and discourses that interpellate media, social reform and spirituality.

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Ian Mortimer examines some of the most controversial questions in medieval history, outlining his ground-breaking approach to historical evidence. An important work from one of today's most original and popular medieval historians.

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Takes a look at the nature of adult learning in the postgraduate context and at the implications of this for universities and their courses. This book examines concepts such as integration as ways of retaining the higher order skills of a university education over against narrower, and technicist approaches.