Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
About the Book Series
This series is our home for cutting-edge, upper-level scholarly studies and edited collections. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to literary studies, it engages with topics such as philosophy, science, race, gender, film, music, and ecology. Titles are characterized by dynamic interventions into established subjects and innovative studies on emerging topics.
The Gothic in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: Pop Goth
1st Edition
Edited
By Justin D. Edwards, Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet
February 14, 2014
This interdisciplinary collection brings together world leaders in Gothic Studies, offering dynamic new readings on popular Gothic cultural productions from the last decade. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: contemporary High Street Goth/ic fashion, Gothic performance and art ...
The Black Female Body in American Literature and Art: Performing Identity
1st Edition
By Caroline Brown
November 08, 2013
This book examines how African-American writers and visual artists interweave icon and inscription in order to re-present the black female body, traditionally rendered alien and inarticulate within Western discursive and visual systems. Brown considers how the writings of Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones,...
Theoretical Perspectives on Human Rights and Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg, Alexandra Schultheis Moore
March 21, 2013
What can literary theory reveal about discourses and practices of human rights, and how can human rights frameworks help to make sense of literature? How have human rights concerns shaped the literary marketplace, and how can literature impact human rights concerns? Essays in this volume theorize ...
Environmental Criticism for the Twenty-First Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephanie LeMenager, Teresa Shewry, Ken Hiltner
November 13, 2012
Environmental Criticism for the Twenty-First Century showcases the recent explosive expansion of environmental criticism, which is actively transforming three areas of broad interest in contemporary literary and cultural studies: history, scale, and science. With contributors engaging texts from ...