Literary History Books

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1. The Routledge Concise History of World Literature

   By Theo D'Haen

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-49589-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. A Concise History of Irish Literature

   By Gerardine Meaney

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-46791-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Epic

   By Paul Innes

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-58739-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. The Textual Condition of Late Nineteenth-Century Literature

   By Josephine Guy, Ian Small

   In this important new book, Guy and Small develop a new account of literary creativity in the late nineteenth century, one which combines concepts generated by text-theorists concerning the embodied nature of textuality with the empirical insights of text-editors and book historians. They pay...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-80612-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Satire

   By John Gilmore

   What is Satire? How can we define it? Is it a comic tool or a political weapon? Is Satire funny or cruel? Does it always need a target or victim? Combining thematic, theoretical and historical approaches, John Gilmore introduces and investigates the tradition of Satire from classical models...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-48082-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. 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)

7. Audiobooks, Sound Studies, and Literature

   Edited by Matthew Rubery

   This is the first scholarly work to examine the cultural significance of the "talking book" since the invention of the phonograph in 1877, the earliest machine to enable the reproduction of the human voice. Recent advances in sound technology make this an opportune moment to reflect on the...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-88352-8 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature

   By Richard J Lane

   The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature introduces the fiction, poetry and drama of Canada in its historical, political and cultural contexts. In this clear and structured volume, Richard Lane outlines: the history of Canadian literature from colonial times to the present key...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-47046-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. Book Publishing

   Edited by John Feather

   Books are the cornerstone of our culture. They disseminate ideas, and preserve and transmit literature. Their contents underpin great religions, and have been responsible for wars and revolutions. They lie at the heart of education and scholarship. They have brought pleasure (and some pain) to...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-49009-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Pale Hecates Team:Briggs V 2

    December 2010 | 978-0-415-60691-2 | Paperback (Routledge)