Books for World Literature Courses

World Literature

A Reader

Edited by Theo D'haen, César Domínguez, Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

Series: Routledge Literature Readers

World Literature is an increasingly influential subject in literary studies, which has led to the re-framing of contemporary ideas of ‘national literatures’, language and translation. World Literature: A Reader brings together thirty essential readings which display the theoretical foundations of...

Published May 30th 2012 by Routledge

The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature

By Richard J. Lane

Series: Routledge Concise Histories of Literature

The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature introduces the fiction, poetry and drama of Canada in its historical, political and cultural contexts. In this clear and structured volume, Richard Lane outlines: the history of Canadian literature from colonial times to the present key...

Published June 21st 2011 by Routledge

The Routledge Concise History of Southeast Asian Writing in English

By Rajeev S. Patke, Philip Holden

Series: Routledge Concise Histories of Literature

The Routledge Concise History of Southeast Asian Writing in English traces the development of literature in the region within its historical and cultural contexts. This volume explores creative writing in English across different genres and media, establishing connections from the colonial activity...

Published July 21st 2009 by Routledge

Literatura chicana, 1965-1995

An Anthology in Spanish, English, and Calo

Edited by Manuel de Jesus Hernandez Gutierrez, David Foster

Series: Latin American Studies

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....

Published February 28th 1997 by Routledge

The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature

Edited by Alison Donnell, Sarah Lawson Welsh

Series: Routledge Literature Readers

The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature is an outstanding compilation of over seventy primary and secondary texts of writing from the Caribbean. Locating key writers within a specifically Caribbean framework, the editors Alison Donnell and Sarah Lawson Welsh demonstrate that these singular...

Published August 14th 1996 by Routledge