Literature Books

New and Published Books

1. Mary Wollstonecraft, Pedagogy, and the Practice of Feminism

   By Kirstin Hanley

   Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature

   This study examines Mary Wollstonecraft—generally recognized as the founder of the early feminist movement—by shedding light on her contributions to eighteenth-century instructional literature, and feminist pedagogy in particular. While contemporary scholars have extensively theorized...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. Retelling Stories, Framing Culture

   Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature

   By John Stephens, Robyn McCallum

   Series: Children's Literature and Culture

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
3. Global Literary Theory

   An Anthology

   Edited by Richard Lane

   Global Literary Theory: An Anthology comprises a selection of classic, must-read essays alongside contemporary and global extracts, providing an engaging and timely overview of literary theory. The volume is thoroughly introduced in the General Introduction and Section Introductions and each piece...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
4. Entropy Exhibition (Routledge Revivals)

   Michael Moorcock and the British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction

   By Colin Greenland

   When first published in 1983 The Entropy Exhibition was the first critical assessment of the literary movement known as ‘New Wave’ science fiction. It examines the history of the New Worlds magazine and its background in the popular imagination of the 1960s, traces the strange history of sex in...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
5. The Heyday of Sir Walter Scott (Routledge Revivals)

   By Donald Davie

   First published in 1961, this book examines a number of works popular in the Romantic period, during the heyday of Sir Walter Scott in the early part of the nineteenth century. Encompassing works by the likes of Alexander Pushkin, Sir Walter Scott, Adam Mickiewicz and James Fenimore Cooper, this...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
6. A Gathered Church (Routledge Revivals)

   The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930

   By Donald Davie

   First published in 1978, this study considers the impact of dissenting voices upon literature, religion and politics in order to reassess the nonconformist contribution to English culture from the eighteenth century through to the twentieth. This historical survey takes into the account the...

   Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge
7. Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English

   Idea, Nation, State

   By Cara Cilano

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Looking at a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English, this book explores how literary texts imaginatively probe the past, convey the present, and project a future in terms that facilitate a sense of collective belonging. The novels discussed cover a range of historical movements and...

   Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
8. Feminist Theory Across Disciplines

   Feminist Community and American Women's Poetry

   By Shira Wolosky

   Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

   Defying traditional definitions of public and private as gendered terms, and broadening discussion of women’s writing in relation to feminist work done in other fields, this study addresses American women’s poetry from the seventeenth to late-twentieth century. Engaging the fields of literary...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
9. Diseases and Disorders in Contemporary Fiction

   The Syndrome Syndrome

   Edited by James Peacock, Tim Lustig

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature

   The essays in this collection address the current preoccupation with neurological conditions and disorders in contemporary literature by British and American writers. The book places these fictional treatments within a broader cultural and historical context, exploring such topics as the two...

   Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
10. Sound and Aural Media in Postmodern Literature

    Novel Listening

    By Justin St. Clair

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

    This study examines postmodern literature— including works by Kurt Vonnegut, William Gaddis, Don DeLillo, Philip K. Dick, Ishmael Reed, and Thomas Pynchon —arguing that one of the formal logics of postmodern fiction is heterophonia: a pluralism of sound. The postmodern novel not only bears...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge