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Major Works: Literary Genres

You are currently browsing 11–20 of 229 new and published major works in the subject of Literary Genres — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.

For major works that are not yet published; please browse forthcoming major works.

Routledge Major Works has a strong international focus and each of the sets is edited by a leading expert in their field. This publishing programme continues to grow with new book series being created all the time. Worthy mentions include a new Sports Studies and Construction Series.

Titles published by Routledge Major Works cover an abundance of literature on leading and influential figures, key concepts, topics and sub-disciplines across the social sciences, humanities, behavioural sciences and law.

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  1. The Dryden-Tonson Miscellanies 6 vols

    Edited by David Hopkins, Stuart Gillespie

    This collection is a facsimile reprint of the initial publication of the Tonson miscellanies (in the first four of which Dryden played a prominent role as contributor, editorial adviser, and recruiter of contributors). In 1679 the enterprising young publisher Jacob Tonson entered into a...

    Published December 20th 2007 by Routledge

  2. Modern Drama

    Edited by Martin Puchner

    Series: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies

    What is generally referred to as modern drama was an international development or movement centred in Europe and North America, a movement directed against many of the conventions and institutions of nineteenth-century drama and theatre. Between 1880 and 1960, a number of foundational figures broke...

    Published December 18th 2007 by Routledge

  3. Medieval Drama

    By John C. Coldewey

    Series: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies

    Medieval drama, always a popular area of study, has enjoyed a surge of interest in recent years. This new Routledge Major Work now makes available for the first time both the canonical and the best cutting-edge scholarship in the field. Organized generically, geographically and chronologically, the...

    Published July 30th 2007 by Routledge

  4. H. Theories of Narrative

    Edited by Terrence Hawkes

    These three volumes are part of the forty-one volume set New Accents. First launched in 1977 the New Accents Series rapidly changed the face of literary studies....

    Published March 30th 2007 by Routledge

  5. Jacobean Dramatists

    Critical Heritage Set

    Edited by B.C. Southam

    Comprises of individual volumes on: Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson and John Webster.The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for...

    Published March 30th 2007 by Routledge

  6. The Modernist Novel

    Edited by B.C. Southam

    The Collected Critical Heritage II comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes.This second set compliments the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage...

    Published March 30th 2007 by Routledge

  7. James Joyce

    Edited by B.C. Southam

    This set comprises 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors. Available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes....

    Published March 8th 2007 by Routledge

  8. Shakespeare

    Critical Heritage Set

    Edited by Brian Vickers

    The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves....

    Published March 8th 2007 by Routledge

  9. T.S. Eliot

    Edited by B.C. Southam

    This set comprises 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American auhtors. Will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes....

    Published March 8th 2007 by Routledge

  10. American Novelists

    Edited by B.C. Southam

    This set comprises 40 volumes covering 19th and 20th century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes....

    Published March 8th 2007 by Routledge

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    Edited by Clara Dawson
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  2. Ezra Pound
    Edited by Eric Homberger
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  3. William Carlos Williams
    Edited by Crane Doyle
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  4. Henry James
    Edited by Roger Gard
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  5. Wallace Stevens
    Edited by Charles Doyle
    To Be Published September 29th 2013

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