English Literature

The book reconsiders Soyinka’s contribution to the debate about African identity, exploring the various elements constituting his distinctive aesth...

In Julius Caesar Shakespeare links the problem of treachery between Roman men with the institution of marriage, and with men’s dissociation from wo...

One of the best loved of Shakespeare’s ‘middle comedies’, As You Like It has rarely been out of the theatrical repertoire. Centring on the cross-dr...

William Blake by Steve Vine, 8126913207, 9788126913206, Atl-NorthH

This critical study of a key figure in Victorian literary society examines Walter Pater's work on art history, literature and Greek studies, as wel...

This is a lucid introduction to a great poet of the 20th century from an internationally recognised Aude n expert. Smith''s text offers the reader ...

In line with a major tendency in post-colonial criticism, this study assumes the value of cultural and historical studies but also makes use of not...

Written in an accessible and manageable style, the books in the Contexts series fill the gap in students' knowledge of the historical facts, litera...

V.S. Naipaul by Suman Gupta, 8126912995, 9788126912995, Atl-NorthH

Twentieth-Century American Poetry by Christopher MacGowan, 1405131748, 9781405131742, Blackwell

Thomas Hardy by Peter Widdowson, 8126912987, 9788126912988, Atl-NorthH

Beginning with more accessible critical approaches and gradually introducing more challenging critical perspectives, THEORY INTO PRACTICE, Indian E...

This is a completely updated and expanded second edition of the wide-ranging and accessible Routledge History of Literature in English. It covers t...

To gain a deeper understanding of the literary movement that has dominated recent Anglo-American literary criticism, The Pursuit of Signs is a must...

Key Features Updated historical information presents the findings of recent scholarship. Revised prose style uses more contemporary, accessible lan...

This book introduces readers to the history of the novel in the twentieth century and demonstrates its ongoing relevance as a literary form. A jar...

Language of Fiction was the first book of criticism by the renowned novelist and critic David Lodge. His uniquely informed perspective - he was alr...

Simon Glendinning provides a clear picture of the current state of the contemporary philosophical culture by tracing the origins and development of...

The historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history,...

Presupposing no prior knowledge of linguistics, The Handbook of Linguistics is the ideal resource for people who want to learn about the subject an...

The reading, study and criticism of books has always been popular and never more so than now, with the rise of reading groups and the success of TV...

Written by one of the world’s leading literary theorists, this book provides a wide-ranging, accessible and humorous introduction to the English no...

The publisher of this book utilises modern printing technologies as well as photocopying processes for reprinting and preserving rare works of lite...

The tale of 'Cinderella' is told wherever stories are still read aloud and everyone is familiar with 'Rapunzel' and 'The Golden Goose', but who has...

This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the author.‘An excellent and very welcome guide to psycholinguistics…highly recommended....

A concise introduction to a core and popular area of literary studies. Provides extended case studies which survey and summarise key critical debat...