“nigel wood”

The Tempest is a powerful yet complex network of myth, symbol, romance and broad comedy. For generations, its gallery of characters has suggested a series of contrasts between Nature and Art, Community and Absolute Power and most recently, between the fear of alien savagery and the necessity of colo... More

'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 new edition of David Lodge's "Modern Criticism and Theory" is fully revised and expanded to take... More

This third edition of "Modern Criticism and Theory" represents a major expansion on its previous incarnations with some twenty five new pieces or essays included. This expansion has two principal purposes. Firstly, in keeping with the collection's aim to reflect contemporary preoccupations, the read... More

This book aims at concentrating on and correcting the most frequent grammatical mistakes made by foreign students of English. There are ample exercises to give the student practice on each point as it arises.... More

How were Chinese pots made, glazed and fired? Why did China discover porcelain more than 1,000 years before the West? What are the effects of China's influence on world ceramics? These questions (and many more) are answered in this history of Chinese ceramic technology, from the late Stone Age to th... More

In this major work on Oriental ceramics and glazes, a leading authority on Far Eastern pottery traces the development of Chinese glazes and glazing techniques from antiquity to the modern era. Nigel Wood describes how glazes were made, provides an analysis of their composition, and shows how they ca... More