Literary studies: general books

Lyra Ekström Lindbäck revisits the crucial distinction between literature and philosophy in Iris Murdoch’s work...  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive and systematic – rather than historical – approach to ancient Greek oracular texts,...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Fairy Tales provides a comprehensive guide to fairy tales across literatures and cultures....  Read More >>

The Routledge Anthology of Global Science Fiction Origins brings together short stories from writers of science...  Read More >>

Transnation: Identity and Mobility in Postcolonial Literature and Culture offers a fresh and thought-provoking exploration...  Read More >>

This anthology showcases poems by writers who honor the virtues of the original New York School poets: Frank O’Hara,...  Read More >>

A scholarly and experimental collection that offers fresh insight—with a feminist focus—into the often overlooked...  Read More >>

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Covering literature, visual media and popular culture, this book explores how the Gothic is consistently used to...  Read More >>

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A Salon-in-Exile explores the translation of the salon from France to England in the late-17th century via the first...  Read More >>

Examining a wide variety of poets from the last three decades of the 20th century to the present, from Asian, African,...  Read More >>

Uses case studies from 20th-century German literature and theory to explore the material, social, economic, and...  Read More >>

The book argues that Ian McDonald’s globalized science fiction functions as a complex, hybrid fusion of magic realism...  Read More >>

This book uncovers how knowledge was transmitted and transformed in 18th-century Britain, using digital tools to...  Read More >>

How mobility and its impediment serve as frameworks for expressions of political dissent in cultural production...  Read More >>

Award-winning British playwright Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience...  Read More >>

Examines the role of the body in Indigenous-language religious texts from colonial Latin America Words Made Flesh...  Read More >>

""Explores how twenty-first century Nigerian novels engage with Christianity as a locally rooted aspect of postcolonial...  Read More >>

In The Classroom and the Crowd, Al Filreis reflects on his decades of experience as a founder of participatory literary...  Read More >>

A collection of interdisciplinary critical essays examining the political and aesthetic practices of Martinican...  Read More >>

From a celebrated critic, a heartfelt and adventurous reflection on the art of writing about art  Read More >>

""Explores how twenty-first century Nigerian novels engage with Christianity as a locally rooted aspect of postcolonial...  Read More >>

In The Classroom and the Crowd, Al Filreis reflects on his decades of experience as a founder of participatory literary...  Read More >>