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 Humanism and Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Bryson
October 04, 2024
The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature provides readers with a comprehensive reassessment of the value of humanism in an intellectual landscape. Offering contributions by leading international scholars, this volume seeks to define literature as a core expressive form and an essential ...
The Routledge Companion to Jane Austen
1st Edition
Edited
By Cheryl A. Wilson, Maria H. Frawley
October 04, 2024
First published anonymously, as ‘a lady’, Jane Austen is now among the world’s most famous and highly revered authors. The Routledge Companion to Jane Austen provides wide-ranging coverage of Jane Austen’s works, reception, and legacy, with chapters that draw on the latest literary research and ...
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Class
1st Edition
Edited
By Gloria McMillan
October 04, 2024
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Class offers a comprehensive and fresh assessment of the cultural impact of class in literature, analyzing various innovative, interdisciplinary approaches of textual analysis and intersections of literature, including class subjectivities, mental health, ...
The Routledge Companion to Global Chaucer
1st Edition
Edited
By Craig E. Bertolet, Susan Nakley
October 02, 2024
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
September 30, 2024
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 Routledge Companion to the British and North American Literary Magazine
1st Edition
Edited
By Tim Lanzendörfer
August 26, 2024
Encompassing a broad definition of the topic, this Companion provides a survey of the literary magazine from its earliest days to the contemporary moment. It offers a comprehensive theorization of the literary magazine in the wake of developments in periodical studies in the last decade, bringing ...
The Routledge Companion to Migration Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Gigi Adair, Rebecca Fasselt, Carly McLaughlin
July 30, 2024
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 Joseph Conrad
1st Edition
Edited
By Debra Romanick Baldwin
July 15, 2024
The Routledge Companion to Joseph Conrad attests to the global significance and enduring importance of Conrad’s works, reception, and legacy. This volume brings together an international roster of scholars who consider his works in relation to biography, narrative, politics, women’s studies, ...
The New Routledge Companion to Science Fiction
2nd Edition
Edited
By Mark Bould, Andrew M. Butler, Sherryl Vint
June 13, 2024
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 31, 2024
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 World Companion to Polish Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Tomasz Bilczewski, Stanley Bill, Magdalena Popiel
May 27, 2024
The Routledge World Companion to Polish Literature offers an introduction to Polish literature through thirty-three case studies, covering works from the Middle Ages up to the present day. Each chapter draws on a text or body of work, examining its historical context, as well as its international ...
The Routledge Companion to Australian Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Jessica Gildersleeve
January 29, 2024
In recent years, Australian literature has experienced a revival of interest both domestically and internationally. The increasing prominence of work by writers like Christos Tsiolkas, heightened through television and film adaptation, as well as the award of major international prizes to writers ...