Routledge Literature Readers

Literature and the Bible

A Reader

Edited by Jo Carruthers, Mark Knight, Andrew Tate

Series: Routledge Literature Readers

This book traces the emergence and development of Literature and the Bible as a field of scholarship, presenting key critical essays alongside more recent criticism that explores new directions. The Western literary tradition has a long and complex relationship with the Jewish and Christian...

Published August 19th 2013 by Routledge

The Routledge Queer Studies Reader

Edited by Donald E. Hall, Annamarie Jagose

Series: Routledge Literature Readers

The Routledge Queer Studies Reader provides a comprehensive resource for students and scholars working in this vibrant and interdisciplinary field. The book traces the emergence and development of Queer Studies as a field of scholarship, presenting key critical essays alongside more recent...

Published May 30th 2012 by Routledge

World Literature

A Reader

Edited by Theo D'haen, César Domínguez, Mads 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

Literature and Globalization

A Reader

Edited by Liam Connell, Nicky Marsh

Series: Routledge Literature Readers

'[I] wonder how we have managed without such a text.' – Rita Raley, UCSB, USA Globalization has had a huge impact on thinking across the humanities, redefining the understanding of fields such as communication, culture, politics, and literature. This groundbreaking Reader is the first to...

Published September 16th 2010 by Routledge

The History of Reading

Edited by Shafquat Towheed, Rosalind Crone, Katie Halsey

Series: Routledge Literature Readers

The History of Reading offers an engaging, accessible overview from the rise of literacy through to the current trend of ‘book clubs’. Divided into seven sections, each with a useful introduction, this Reader: summarises the main debates and perspectives shaping the field introduces key...

Published July 29th 2010 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