'In our era, criticism is not merely a library of secondary aids to the understanding and appreciation of literary texts, but also a rapidly expanding body of knowledge in its own right.' David Lodge This anthology uses extracts from the works of the leading thinkers in the field of literary criticism to introduce the main ideas at the centre of today's literary and cultural debates. Each extract

This edition brings together four eighteenth-century comedies that illustrate the full variety of the century's drama: Fielding's The Modern Husband, Garrick and Colman's The Clandestine Marriage, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, and O'Keeffe's Wild Oats.

When you've got business problems you generally haven't got time to think much. This little pack helps business people at all levels to do all the thinking they need to quickly, efficiently and without having to re-mortgage their house to pay for an MBA.

This great, handy sized guide allows those new to the kitchen to start cooking quick, easy, tasty meals on a tight budget. With a recipe on one side and ingredients/shopping list on the other you can take a card to the supermarket and not forget anything. Each card has simple instructions, as well as a handy tip to help build up your culinary knowledge.

This second revised edition describes how to gather ingredients from natural sources around us (rocks, trees, etc.) and then how to blend them to produce successful glazes. Sutherland uses the work of a wide group of potters to demonstrate the results.

A unique, highly accessible exploration of Scottish history in verse, that offers glimpses and voices from the past. Presented in chronological order from the Dark Ages to the present, the poems are imaginative responses or meditations on particular historical episodes.

Traces the development of Chinese glazes from the Bronze Age to the present day. It describes how these glazes were made, and how they evolved over some 3000 years of continuous production. The author shows how their superb qualities can be reproduced with common Western raw materials.

Provides a collection of theoretical and literary essays on Swift's work. The text places an emphasis on his Anglo-Irishness, which, it argues, is a key area in understanding his life and works. Reference is also made to Swift's gender relations and his female imitators.