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The Cynewulf Reader

Edited by Robert E. Bjork

The Cynewulf Reader is a collection of classic and original essays presenting a comprehensive view of the elusive Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf, his language, and his…

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2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-93754-2 (Routledge)

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Post-war British Drama: Looking Back in Gender

By Michelene Wandor

In this extensively revised and updated edition of her classic work, Look Back in Gender, Michelene Wandor confirms the symbiotic relationship between drama and gender…

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2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-13856-7 (Routledge)

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Principles of Literary Criticism

By I.A. Richards

Ivor Armstrong Richards was one of the founders of modern literary criticism. He enthused a generation of writers and readers and was an influential supporter…

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2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25402-1 (Routledge)

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The Wheel of Fire

By G. Wilson Knight

Originally published in 1930, this classic of modern Shakespeare criticism proves both enlightening and innovative. Standing head and shoulders above all other Shakespearean interpretations, this…

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2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-25395-6 (Routledge)

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The Wheel of Fire

By G. Wilson Knight

Originally published in 1930, this classic of modern Shakespeare criticism proves both enlightening and innovative. Founding a new and influential school of Shakespearean criticism, Wheel

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25561-5 (Routledge)

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The Routledge History of Literature in English

Britain and Ireland

By Ronald Carter, John McRae

This is a completely updated and expanded second edition of the wide-ranging and accessible Routledge History of Literature in English. It covers the main…

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2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24318-6 (Routledge)

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William Langland's Piers Plowman

A Book of Essays

Edited by Kathleen M. Hewett-Smith

This collection of newly written essays provides a fresh examination of some of the issues central to the study of this poem, including an exploration…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2804-9 (Routledge)

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A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English

Edited by Erin Fallon, R.C. Feddersen, James Kurtzleben, Maurice A. Lee, Susan Rochette-Crawley

Although the short story has existed in various forms for centuries, it has particularly flourished during the last hundred years. Reader's Companion to the Short

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2001 | Hardback: 978-1-57958-353-8 (Routledge)

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Identity, Narrative and Politics

By Maureen Whitebrook

Identity, Narrative and Politics argues that political theory has barely begun to develop a notion of narrative identity; instead the book explores the sophisticated ideas…

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2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23895-3 (Routledge)

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Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts

Basic Readings

Edited by Mary P. Richards

The study of manuscripts is fundamental to the appreciation of Anglo-Saxon texts and culture. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts: Basic Readings provides an introductory collection of materials covering…

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2000 | Paperback: 978-0-8153-3567-2 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Ted Hughes
By Terry Gifford
To be published November 26th 2008

Dickens's Secular Gospel: Work, Gender, and Personality
By Chris Louttit
To be published May 1st 2009

Kazuo Ishiguro
By Wai-chew Sim
To be published May 12th 2009

Female Embodiment and Subjectivity in the Modernist Novel: The Corporeum of Virginia Woolf and Olive Moore
By Renee Dickinson
To be published May 15th 2009

Travel Writing and Atrocities: Eyewitness Accounts of Colonialism in the Congo, Angola and the Putumayo
By Robert Burroughs
To be published April 15th 2010

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