Product Description: Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in highly controversial debate as it deals with fundamental issues of good and evil, civilisation, race, love and heroism. This classic tale transcends the boundaries of time and place and has inspired famous film and television adaptations emphasising the cultural significance and continued relevance of the book...read more

Product Description: This updated and expanded new edition reviews Rushdie's novels in the light of recent critical developments. It also features new chapters which examine the author's latest works including Fury (2001), Shalimar the Clown (2005) and The Enchantress of Florence (2008), bringing coverage of this important British author up to the present...read more

Product Description: This is an unusual and important study of the fiction of Joseph Conrad. Professor Goonetilleke's English university education, enabling him to move at ease among the materials of English literary history and criticism, coupled with his own basis in Asian conditions, prompts an effectively fresh response to Conrad's fiction, opening new perspectives for readers...read more