Routledge Literature Companions
About the Book Series
Field-defining volumes in new and exciting areas of literary studies. These volumes are ideal introductions for beginners, or handy volumes for those already working in the field: summarising current scholarship, whilst pushing the boundaries of emerging trends they are must-have collections.
The Routledge Companion to Literatures and Crisis
1st Edition
Edited
By Silvia Pellicer-Ortín, Julia Kuznetski, Chiara Battisti
July 20, 2026
The Routledge Companion to Literatures and Crisis provides deep insight into a complex and multi-layered phenomenon. The third decade of the twenty-first century is being marked by a polycrisis caused by various world crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflicts and climate change leading...
The Routledge Companion to Migration Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Gigi Adair, Rebecca Fasselt, Carly McLaughlin
July 20, 2026
The Routledge Companion to Migration Literature offers a comprehensive survey of an increasingly important field. It demonstrates the influence of the “age of migration” on literature and showcases the role of literature in shaping socio-political debates and creating knowledge about the migratory ...
The Routledge Companion to Queer Literary Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Melissa E. Sanchez
July 20, 2026
Bringing together twenty-seven established and emerging scholars, The Routledge Companion to Queer Literary Studies discusses the historical development, current state, future directions, and political stakes of queer literary studies as a field of research and pedagogy. This innovative collection ...
The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First-Century Irish Writing
1st Edition
Edited
By Anne Fogarty, Eugene O'Brien
July 20, 2026
This Companion brings together leading scholars in the field of Irish studies to explore the significance of twenty-first-century Irish writing and its flourishing popularity worldwide. Focusing on Irish writing published or performed in the twenty-first century, this volume explores genres, modes ...
The Routledge Companion to Biofiction
1st Edition
Edited
By Lucia Boldrini, Laura Cernat, Alexandre Gefen, Michael Lackey
June 22, 2026
The Routledge Companion to Biofiction provides readers with the history, origins, and evolution of this popular genre. Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, this authoritative collection foregrounds analyses of biofiction's core foundations through contemporary debates. ...
The Routledge Companion to Working-Class Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Ben Clarke
June 22, 2026
The Routledge Companion to Working-Class Literature provides an overview of the history, theory, and analysis of working-class literature. Taking a global and intersectional approach, the Companion demonstrates that literature is central to the (re)interpretation of the working class, a process ...
The Routledge Companion to Global Chaucer
1st Edition
Edited
By Craig E. Bertolet, Susan Nakley
June 21, 2026
The Routledge Companion to Global Chaucer offers 40 chapters by leading scholars working with contemporary, theoretical, and textual approaches to the poetry and prose of Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) in a global context. This volume is an ideal starting point for beginners, offering contemporary...
The Routledge Companion to Postcolonial and Decolonial Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Praseeda Gopinath, Laura Brueck
June 21, 2026
Working within a global frame, The Routledge Companion to Postcolonial and Decolonial Literature considers postcolonial and decolonial literary works across multiple genres, languages, and both regional and transnational networks. The Companion extends beyond the entrenched hegemony of the ...
The New Routledge Companion to Science Fiction
2nd Edition
Edited
By Mark Bould, Andrew M. Butler, Sherryl Vint
May 22, 2026
The New Routledge Companion to Science Fiction provides an overview of the study of science fiction across multiple academic fields. It offers a new conceptualisation of the field today, marking the significant changes that have taken place in sf studies over the past 15 years. Building on the ...
The Routledge Companion to Public Humanities Scholarship
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniel Fisher-Livne, Michelle May-Curry
May 22, 2026
Across humanities disciplines, public scholarship brings academics and community members and organizations together in mutually-beneficial partnership for research, teaching, and programming. While the field of publicly engaged humanities scholarship has been growing for some time, there are few ...
The Routledge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell
1st Edition
Edited
By Elizabeth Ludlow, Rebecca Styler
March 18, 2026
The Routledge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell brings together twenty-five chapters by emerging and established scholars that address Gaskell’s works, networks, contexts, and legacies. Contributors draw on a range of approaches including ecocriticism, queer theory, and studies in emotion. Particular ...
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Art
1st Edition
Edited
By Neil Murphy, W. Michelle Wang, Cheryl Julia Lee
December 26, 2025
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Art explores the links between literature and visual art from classical ekphrasis through to contemporary experimental forms. The collection’s engagement with diverse literary and cultural artifacts offers a comprehensive survey of the vibrant ...