Bücher der Reihe OPUS in Reihenfolge

The later years of Elizabeth and the reign of James I were the age of Shakespeare, but also the age of Sidney, Spenser, and Donne, of dramatists Marlowe, Jonson, and Webster, and of prose writers Nashe, Bacon and Burton. This study examines the social conditions which produced this array of talent.

Preesnts an account of English law, explaining the body of the modern law as set in its historical context. This edition takes into account the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice, alterations to the law of manslaughter, and legislation concerning children, intellectual property, and contract and leasehold reforms, amongst others.

This book provides an up-to-date introduction to aesthetics for the general reader, with particular emphasis on literature.

Aims to provide an introduction to anthropology, showing it as an activity which helps us to understand human social and cultural diversity. This book is also an invitation to anthropologists, which began with the question: "Why do humans have such diverse cultures and ways of life?".

Thinking About Logic explains to a non-specialist audience what the aim of logic is. It examines its central concepts and techniques and asks whether logic is successful in achieving its aims.

An analysis of a number of different cultures which takes particular interest in the individual and collective pursuit of self-interest. Singer looks at whether or not selfishness is in our genes and how we may find greater satisfaction in an ethical lifestyle. This volume is one of the OPUS series.

Philosophy plays an integral role in French society, affecting its art, drama, politics, and culture. In this chronological survey, Eric Matthews traces the development French philosophy has taken in the twentieth century, from it roots in the thoughts of Descartes to key figures such as Bergson, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Derrida, and the recent French Feminists.

This acclaimed book provides a sound, reliable, and balanced introduction to Plato's work that also enables the reader to understand who the man was, the world he lived in, what he was attempting to do, and the reasons why his writings are still important today.

In this survey, Mary Warnock considers the contributions made to Existentialism by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Husserl, and discusses at length the works of Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Sartre. This revised edition includes a postscript reviewing the status of Existentialism in the 1990s, and has a thoroughly updated bibliography.

Provides a history of children's literature, and relates it to everything from censorship and criticism to education and realism. Children's literature is one of the roots of Western culture, enjoyed by children and adults alike. Hunt is the author of "Approaching Arthur Ransome".

A study not of the institution of the Church but of Christianity itself, this book explores the Christian people, their beliefs, and their way of life, providing a new understanding of Western Christianity at the time of the Reformation.

Covering the time since the end of World War II, this book offers a survey of the fortunes and features of East and West Germany - how the two states drifted apart; the differences between their economies, politics, and cultures; and the problems and events surrounding their unification.

This work describes the income and wealth of Britain between 1830-1914, its growth, and how that wealth was produced by and distributed between different people in the population. Britain's role as the world's major trading nation, was an exceptional time in the history of the country.

The partition of Ireland created two states embodying rival ideologies and representing two hostile peoples. This text concerns the revolution which prompted partition, and the legacies of that revolution for the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland.