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31. Thomas Hardy (Routledge Revivals)

    By Norman Page

    First published in 1977, this concise and insightful study of the life and works of Thomas Hardy provides a thorough examination of Hardy's literary output. Alongside a brief biography of Hardy's life, Professor Page's study also spotlights his major and minor novels, his short stories, his...

    Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
32. Against The Age (Routledge Revivals)

    An Introduction to William Morris

    By Peter Faulkner

    Students new to the work of William Morris will find the full range of his achievements covered in this reissue of Peter Faulkner's excellent biography, first published in 1980. The author has carefully placed Morris in the context of the Victorian age, but has also suggested the relevance of his...

    Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
33. Karl Marx (Routledge Revivals)

    His Life and Work

    By Otto Rühle

    First published in English in 1929, this is a reissue of Otto Rühle's comprehensive biography of Karl Marx. Written by a leading Marxist and key figure within the German Labour movement, this is an exceptionally detailed and well-researched study which sets Marx's life and work firmly...

    Published November 21st 2012 by Routledge
34. The Nation's Cause (Routledge Revivals)

    French. English and German Poetry of the First World War

    By Elizabeth A. Marsland

    As we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, this timely reissue, first published in 1991, evaluates the function of poetry in wartime Europe, arguing that war poetry must be understood as a social as well as a literary phenomenon. As well as locating the work of well-known...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
35. The Harvest of Tragedy (Routledge Revivals)

    By Thomas Rice Henn

    Upon initial publication in 1956, this book was an attempt to re-state certain problems concerning the aesthetics and ethics of the tragic form; to examine these in relation to contemporary work in psychology and anthropology; to enquire into the significance of ‘the fact or experience called...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
36. The Lonely Tower (Routledge Revivals)

    Studies in the Poetry of W. B. Yeats

    By Thomas Rice Henn

    First published in 1965, this reissue of the second edition of T. R. Henn’s seminal study offers an impressive breadth and depth of meditations on the poetry of W. B. Yeats. His life and influences are discussed at length, from the impact of the Irish Rebellion upon his youth, to his training as a...

    Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
37. Locating Postcolonial Narrative Genres

    Edited by Walter Goebel, Saskia Schabio

    Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures

    This volume explores how postcolonial texts have determined the evolution or emergence of specific formal innovations in narrative genres. While the prominence of questions of cultural identity in postcolonial studies has prevented due attention to concerns of literary form and aesthetics, this...

    Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
38. Global Ibsen

    Performing Multiple Modernities

    Edited by Erika Fischer-Lichte, Barbara Gronau, Christel Weiler

    Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

    Ibsen’s plays rank among those most frequently performed world-wide, rivaled only by Brecht, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and the Greek tragedies. By the time Ibsen died in 1906, his plays had already conquered the theaters of the Western world. Inviting rapturous praise as well as fierce controversy,...

    Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
39. Building Imaginary Worlds

    The Theory and History of Subcreation

    By Mark J.P. Wolf

    Mark J.P. Wolf’s study of imaginary worlds theorizes world-building within and across media, including literature, comics, film, radio, television, board games, video games, the Internet, and more. Building Imaginary Worlds departs from prior approaches to imaginary worlds that focused mainly on...

    Published November 1st 2012 by Routledge
40. The Language of Jane Austen (Routledge Revivals)

    By Norman Page

    First published in 1972, Norman Page’s seminal study of The Language of Jane Austen seeks to demonstrate both the exceptional nature and the degree of subtlety of Jane Austen’s use of language. As well as examining the staple items of her vocabulary and some of the characteristic patterns of her...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge