Language & Literature Textbooks

New and Published Textbooks

1. Language and Identity in Englishes

   By Urszula Clark

   Language and Identity in Englishes examines the core issues and debates surrounding the relationship between English, language and identity. Drawing on a range of international examples from the UK, US, China and India, Clark uses both cutting-edge fieldwork and her own original research to give a...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. 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
3. The American Civil War

   A Literary and Historical Anthology, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Ian Frederick Finseth

   The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology brings together a wide variety of important writings from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, including short fiction, poetry, public addresses, memoirs, and essays, accompanied by detailed annotations and concise introductions. Now in...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
4. French Grammar in Context

   4th Edition

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Critical ELT in Action

   Foundations, Promises, Praxis

   By Graham V. Crookes

   Uniquely bridging theory and practice, this text introduces and overviews the various domains associated with the term critical pedagogy in the field of TESOL/ELT. Critical pedagogy addresses concepts, values, curriculum, instructional and associated practices involved in language teaching for...

   Published March 7th 2013 by Routledge
6. Second Language Acquisition

   An Introductory Course, 4th Edition

   By Susan M. Gass

   Now in a fourth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). Its chapters have been fully updated, and reorganized where appropriate, to provide a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the field and its related...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
7. Modernism and Literature

   An Introduction and Reader

   Edited by Mia Carter, Alan Friedman

   This volume offers a comprehensive representation of the exciting, pivotal, and urgent nature of literary Modernism, as well as more recent approaches including the "global turn." Modernism can be difficult to understand without an awareness of contemporary concerns, so Mia Carter...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
8. What is this thing called Philosophy of Language?

   By Gary Kemp

   Series: What is this thing called?

   Philosophy of language explores some of the fundamental yet most technical problems in philosophy, such as meaning and reference, semantics, and propositional attitudes. Some of its greatest exponents, including Gottlob Frege, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell are amongst the major...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Functional Analysis of English

   3rd Edition

   By Thomas Bloor, Meriel Bloor

   The Functional Analysis of English is an introduction to the analysis and description of English, based on the principles of systemic functional linguistics. It sets out the tools and analytic techniques of Hallidayan grammar with clear explanations of terminology and illustrates these with...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
10. What is Enlightenment?

    By Samuel Fleischacker

    Series: Kant's Questions

    "Have the courage to use your own understanding! - that is the motto of enlightenment." - Immanuel Kant The Enlightenment is one of the most important and contested periods in the history of philosophy. The problems it addressed, such as the proper extent of individual freedom and the challenging...

    Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge