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...business, with identifiable causes and effects that could be formulated as universally applicable principles. The world did not have to be a vale of tears or a preparation for other states of existence. The very object of government, indeed, was held to be the maximisation of pleasure, the greatest happiness of the greatest number, or – in the words of the Declaration...

...busy society of modern, urban Britain’ (p.xxi). Activity 5 This impression of variety and uncertainty about the novel's status brings us back to the approach I am putting forward here: that we think about reading it as a text which draws on a mixture of artistic conventions, offering a multiplicity of meanings, depending upon which genre-frame or set of strategies we...

...businesses and homes. Several people were hospitalised, others were arrested, and three men died as a result of the rioting. Newspaper coverage of the riots reveals contemporary racist attitudes. Activity 1 Timing: Allow around 20 minutes for this activity Read the following article from the Manchester Guardian covering the riots in Cardiff and answer the following...