Great Expectations is one of Dicken's most popular and studied novels. This edition offers the complete text of the novel, together with an introduction and five critical essays representing a variety of contemporary critical approaches.

This text collects the thoughts and experiences of psychologists from around the world who have come to challenge the dominant frameworks and practices of their discipline. Over the course of 20 chapters, scholars/activists develop critiques of psychology's scientism and individualism.

This edition of Chaucer's classic tale includes a lengthy introduction to the biographical and historical context as well as five critical essays representing a variety of contemporary critical approaches and a glossary of theoretical and critical terms.

A collection which is part of the Open University integrated teaching system, this book is designed to evoke the critical understanding of students. There are readings covering the strategic management process, strategy formulation and managing strategic change.

Covering approaches to second-language research that in some way conforms to the agenda of linguistics, this book presents the actual methodology and results of research rather than just the conclusions or interpretations. It covers the main current theories, research methods and techniques.

This work analyzes the influence of cultural pressures on the fictional portrayals of mothers in the mid-Victorian time. The novels of Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Thackeray, and George Eliot are studied for their inclusion of mother characters presented in differing lights.

Explains the argument and strategy of Kant's analysis of beauty. A number of issues are discussed in the book - amongst them the distinction and relation between natural beauty and fine art, pure and dependent beauty, and disinterestedness and universality.