Literary Genres Books

New and Published Books

1. Revisiting the Poetic Edda

   Essays on Old Norse Heroic Legend

   Edited by Paul Acker, Carolyne Larrington

   Series: Routledge Medieval Casebooks

   Bringing alive the dramatic poems of Old Norse heroic legend, this new collection offers accessible, ground-breaking and inspiring essays which introduce and analyse the exciting legends of the two doomed Helgis and their valkyrie lovers; the dragon-slayer Sigurðr; Brynhildr the implacable...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Major Victorian Poets: Reconsiderations (Routledge Revivals)

   By Isobel Armstrong

   First published in 1969, this edition collection brings together a series of essays offering a re-evaluation of Victorian poetry in the light of early 20th Century criticism. The essays in this collection concentrate upon the poets whose reputations suffered from the great...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
3. The Life and Teaching of Karl Marx (Routledge Revivals)

   By Max Beer

   First published in English in 1921, this work was originally written by renowned Marxist historian Max Beer to commemorate the centenary of Marx’s birth. It is a definitive biography, full of interesting personal details and a clear and comprehensive account of Marx’s economic and historical...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
4. Blake and the New Age (Routledge Revivals)

   By Kathleen Raine

   First published in 1979, this is a very welcome reissue of Kathleen Raine's seminal study of William Blake - England’s only prophet. He challenged with extraordinary vigour the premises which now underline much of Western civilization, hitting hard at the ideas of a naive materialist...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Thomas Hardy (Routledge Revivals)

   By Norman Page

   First published in 1977, this concise and insightful study of the life and works of Thomas Hardy provides a thorough examination of Hardy's literary output. Alongside a brief biography of Hardy's life, Professor Page's study also spotlights his major and minor novels, his short stories, his...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
6. Against The Age (Routledge Revivals)

   An Introduction to William Morris

   By Peter Faulkner

   Students new to the work of William Morris will find the full range of his achievements covered in this reissue of Peter Faulkner's excellent biography, first published in 1980. The author has carefully placed Morris in the context of the Victorian age, but has also suggested the relevance of his...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
7. Karl Marx (Routledge Revivals)

   His Life and Work

   By Otto Rühle

   First published in English in 1929, this is a reissue of Otto Rühle's comprehensive biography of Karl Marx. Written by a leading Marxist and key figure within the German Labour movement, this is an exceptionally detailed and well-researched study which sets Marx's life and work firmly...

   Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
8. The Nation's Cause (Routledge Revivals)

   French. English and German Poetry of the First World War

   By Elizabeth A. Marsland

   As we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, this timely reissue, first published in 1991, evaluates the function of poetry in wartime Europe, arguing that war poetry must be understood as a social as well as a literary phenomenon. As well as locating the work of well-known...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Harvest of Tragedy (Routledge Revivals)

   By Thomas Rice Henn

   Upon initial publication in 1956, this book was an attempt to re-state certain problems concerning the aesthetics and ethics of the tragic form; to examine these in relation to contemporary work in psychology and anthropology; to enquire into the significance of ‘the fact or experience called...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Lonely Tower (Routledge Revivals)

    Studies in the Poetry of W. B. Yeats

    By Thomas Rice Henn

    First published in 1965, this reissue of the second edition of T. R. Henn’s seminal study offers an impressive breadth and depth of meditations on the poetry of W. B. Yeats. His life and influences are discussed at length, from the impact of the Irish Rebellion upon his youth, to his training as a...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge