Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Reading the Early Modern Dream

   The Terrors of the Night

   Edited by Sue Wiseman, Katharine Hodgkin, Michelle O'Callaghan

   Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture

   Dreams have been significant in many different cultures, carrying messages about this world and others, posing problems about knowledge, truth, and what it means to be human. This thought-provoking collection of essays explores dreams and visions in early modern Europe, canvassing the place of the...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Linguistics & Novel

   Series: New Accents

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Literature Politics & Theory

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Mencius On The Mind V 5

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. Zionism and Revolution in European-Jewish Literature

   By Laurel Plapp

   Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

   Zionism and Revolution in European-Jewish Literature examines twentieth-century Jewish writing that challenges imperialist ventures and calls for solidarity with the colonized, most notably the Arabs of Palestine and Africans in the Americas. Since Edward Said defined orientalism in 1978 as a...

   Published May 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Beyond Cognitive Metaphor Theory

   Perspectives on Literary Metaphor

   Edited by Monika Fludernik

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics

   In this innovative collection, an international group of scholars come together to discuss literary metaphors and cognitive metaphor theory. The volume's goals are three-fold. The first aim of the book is to present some recent approaches to metaphor which have no immediate connection with...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
7. Retelling Stories, Framing Culture

   Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature

   By John Stephens, Robyn McCallum

   Series: Children's Literature and Culture

   Published April 2nd 2013 by Routledge
8. Habermas and Literary Rationality

   By David L. Colclasure

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Literary scholarship has paid little serious attention to Habermas' philosophy, and, on the other hand, the reception of Habermas has given little attention to the role that literary practice can play in a broader theory of communicative action. David Colclasure's argument sets out to demonstrate...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
9. Aesthetic Pleasure in Twentieth-Century Women's Food Writing

   The Innovative Appetites of M.F.K. Fisher, Alice B. Toklas, and Elizabeth David

   By Alice McLean

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

   This book explores the aesthetic pleasures of eating and writing in the lives of M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992), Alice B. Toklas (1877-1967), and Elizabeth David (1913-1992). Growing up during a time when women's food writing was largely limited to the domestic cookbook, which helped to codify...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
10. Theoretical Perspectives on Human Rights and Literature

    Edited by Elizabeth Swanson Goldberg, Alexandra Schultheis Moore

    Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

    What can literary theory reveal about discourses and practices of human rights, and how can human rights frameworks help to make sense of literature? How have human rights concerns shaped the literary marketplace, and how can literature impact human rights concerns? Essays in this volume theorize...

    Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge