Routledge Companions
The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism
3rd Edition
Edited
By Stuart Sim
July 26, 2011
This fully revised third edition of The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism provides the ideal introduction to postmodernist thought. Featuring contributions from a cast of international scholars, the Companion contains 19 detailed essays on major themes and topics along with an A-Z of key terms ...
The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare
1st Edition
Edited
By John Russell Brown
June 17, 2010
The Routledge Companion to Directors' Shakespeare is a major collaborative book about plays in performance. Thirty authoritative accounts describe in illuminating detail how some of theatre’s most talented directors have brought Shakespeare’s texts to the stage. Each chapter has a revealing story ...
The Routledge Companion to Children's Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By David Rudd
May 25, 2010
The Routledge Companion to Children’s Literature is a vibrant and authoritative exploration of children’s literature in all its manifestations. It features a series of essays written by expert contributors who provide an illuminating examination of why children’s literature is the way it is. Topics...
The Routledge Companion to Social Theory
1st Edition
Edited
By Anthony Elliott
December 22, 2009
The Routledge Companion to Social Theory provides an authoritative, comprehensive and provocative introduction to the key traditions of thought in social theory today. This ground-breaking reference work brings together major contributors, both established and emergent new voices, to reflect on the...
The Routledge Companion to Semiotics
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Cobley
August 28, 2009
The Routledge Companion to Semiotics provides the ideal introduction to semiotics, containing engaging essays from an impressive range of international leaders in the field. Topics covered include: the history, development, and uses of semiotics key theorists, including Saussure, Peirce and ...
The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies
1st Edition
By Janet Maybin, Joan Swann
August 14, 2009
The Routledge Companion to English Language Studies is an accessible guide to the major topics, debates and issues in English Language Studies. This authoritative collection includes entries written by well-known language specialists from a diverse range of backgrounds who examine and explain ...
The Routledge Companion to Britain in the Twentieth Century
1st Edition
By Mark Clapson
August 07, 2009
The Routledge Companion to Twentieth-Century Britain is a jargon-free guide to the social, economic and political history of Britain since 1900. Opening with a general introduction and overview of twentieth century Britain, the book contains a wealth of chronologies, facts and figures, ...
Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945
1st Edition
By John Richard Thackrah
December 02, 2008
From the depths of the Cold War to the War on Terror, The Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945 is an in-depth and comprehensive reference guide to the confrontations that have shaped the modern age. Covering the personalities, the wars and the ideas that have been central to ...
The Routledge Companion To Postcolonial Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By John McLeod
December 31, 2007
The Routledge Companion to Postcolonial Studies offers a unique and up-to-date mapping of the postcolonial world, and is composed of essays as well as shorter entries for ease of reference. Introducing students to the history of the great European empires and the cultural legacies created in their ...
The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics
1st Edition
Edited
By Carmen Llamas, Louise Mullany, Peter Stockwell
October 30, 2006
Have you ever noticed an accent or puzzled over a dialect phrase? Language can be a powerful tool with which one can create a persona; it can be a common ground between people or can be used as a divide between social groups. This Companion is for anyone who is interested in how and why people ...
The Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminism
2nd Edition
Edited
By Sarah Gamble
May 03, 2002
Approachable for general readers as well as for students in women's studies related courses at all levels, this invaluable guide follows the unique Companion format in combining over a dozen in-depth background chapters with more than 400 A-Z dictionary entries. The background chapters are written ...
The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Neil Cornwell
November 07, 2001
The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature is an engaging and accessible guide to Russian writing of the past thousand years. The volume covers the entire span of Russian literature, from the Middle Ages to the post-Soviet period, and explores all the forms that have made it so famous: poetry, ...