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 Travel Writing
1st Edition
Edited
By Carl Thompson
September 10, 2019
As many places around the world confront issues of globalization, migration and postcoloniality, travel writing has become a serious genre of study, reflecting some of the greatest concerns of our time. Encompassing forms as diverse as field journals, investigative reports, guidebooks, memoirs, ...
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Religion
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Knight
August 19, 2019
This unique and comprehensive volume looks at the study of literature and religion from a contemporary, critical perspective. Including discussion of global literature and world religions, this Companion looks at: key moments in the story of religion and literary studies from Matthew Arnold ...
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights
1st Edition
Edited
By Sophia McClennen, Alexandra Schultheis Moore
August 15, 2019
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights provides a comprehensive, transnational, and interdisciplinary map to this emerging field, offering a broad overview of human rights and literature while providing innovative readings on key topics. The first of its kind, this volume covers ...
The Routledge Companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Rachel Lee
December 11, 2015
The Routledge Companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature offers a general introduction as well as a range of critical approaches to this important and expanding field. Divided into three sections, the volume: Introduces "keywords" connecting the theories, themes and methodologies...
The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Joe Bray, Alison Gibbons, Brian McHale
October 03, 2014
What is experimental literature? How has experimentation affected the course of literary history, and how is it shaping literary expression today? Literary experiment has always been diverse and challenging, but never more so than in our age of digital media and social networking, when the very ...
The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Suzanne Bost, Frances Aparicio
October 03, 2014
Latino/a literature is one of the fastest developing fields in the discipline of literary studies. It represents an identity that is characterized by fluidity and diversity, often explored through divisions formed by language, race, gender, sexuality, and immigration. The Routledge Companion to ...
The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael A. Bucknor, Alison Donnell
December 21, 2013
The Routledge Companion to Anglophone Caribbean Literature offers a comprehensive, critically engaging overview of this increasingly significant body of work. The volume is divided into six sections that consider: the foremost figures of the Anglophone Caribbean literary tradition and a ...
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science
1st Edition
Edited
By Bruce Clarke, Manuela Rossini
April 12, 2012
With forty-four newly commissioned articles from an international cast of leading scholars, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science traces the network of connections among literature, science, technology, mathematics, and medicine. Divided into three main sections, this volume: links ...
The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Bould, Andrew M. Butler, Adam Roberts, Sherryl Vint
February 24, 2011
The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international ...