RegionIntroductory Literary Studies Books
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Intertextuality, 2nd Edition
By Graham Allen
Graham Allen's Intertextuality follows all of the major moves in the term's history, and clearly explains how intertextuality is employed in: structuralism post-structuralism deconstruction postcolonialism marxism feminism psychoanalytic theory With a wealth of illuminating examples from...
April 2011 | 978-0-415-59694-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Using Critical Theory: How to Read and Write about Literature, 2nd Edition
Lois Tyson explains the basic concepts of six critical theories in popular academic use today-psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gay/lesbian, African-American, and post-colonial-and shows how they can be employed to interpret five short literary works in the book....
April 2011 | 978-0-415-88129-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The English Studies Book: An Introduction to Language, Literature and Culture, 3rd Edition
By Rob Pope
The English Studies Book is uniquely designed to support students and teachers working across the full range of language, literature and culture. Combining the functions of study guide, critical dictionary and text anthology, it has rapidly established itself as a core text on a wide variety of...
March 2011 | 978-0-415-49876-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Canon
By Christopher Kuipers
What is ‘the canon’? Who determines it? How should it be read? These are the questions that preoccupied academics during the ‘theory wars’ of the late twentieth century and continue to challenge and define literary studies today. Considering why the canon is such an important concept in literary...
March 2011 | 978-0-415-36924-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Poetry: The Basics, 2nd Edition
By Jeffrey Wainwright
Now in its second edition, Poetry: The Basics demystifies the traditions and forms of the world of poetry for all those who find it daunting or bewildering. Covering a wide range of poetic voices from Chaucer to children's rhymes, song lyrics and the words of contemporary poets, this book will help...
February 2011 | 978-0-415-56616-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction
By Dr Mark Bould, Sherryl Vint
Measured both in terms of the range of texts it encompasses and the number of academic publications it provokes, science fiction is one of the most significant areas of popular culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. While ‘science fiction’ has an established common usage, close...
February 2011 | 978-0-415-43571-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Routledge Guide to William Shakespeare
By Robert Shaughnessy
William Shakespeare is one of the most widely studied and culturally significant writers of all time, and his language and thought remain interwoven through popular reference and imaginings of the Western canon. In this concise, structured guide, Robert Shaughnessy: introduces Shakespeare’s...
December 2010 | 978-0-415-27540-8 | Paperback (Routledge)