Book Series in Literature
Routledge Guides to Literature
New & Published Titles:

Kazuo Ishiguro
Having earned an international reputation with his booker-prize-winning novel, The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro is fast emerging as an important cultural figure of…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41536-1 (Routledge)

Ted Hughes
For the first time, one volume surveys the life, works and critical reputation of one of the most significant British writers of the twentieth-century: Ted…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31189-2 (Routledge)

Martin Amis
Booker-shortlisted for Time's Arrow and widely known for his novels, short stories, essays, reviews, and autobiographical works, Martin Amis is one of the most influential…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40292-7 (Routledge)

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (c.1600) is one of his most captivating plays. A comedy of mistaken identities, it has given rise to thought-provoking debates around…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-30333-0 (Routledge)

Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart
A Routledge Study Guide
Offering an insight into African culture that had not been portrayed before, Things Fall Apart is both a tragic and moving story of an individual…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34456-2 (Routledge)

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
A Routledge Study Guide
Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness, has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in highly controversial debate as it deals with fundamental issues of…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35776-0 (Routledge)

W.H. Auden
As both a politically engaged and stylistically versatile poet, W.H. Auden is one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. His work is…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32736-7 (Routledge)

Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth
A Routledge Study Guide
Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth (1905) is a sharp and satirical, but also sensitive and tragic analysis of a young, single woman trying to…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35010-5 (Routledge)

George Eliot
As a woman in an illegal marriage, publishing under a male pseudonym, George Eliot was one of the most successful yet controversial writers of the…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-20250-3 (Routledge)

Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus
A Routledge Study Guide
A highly original and influential work of modern British literature, Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus combines a fantastically creative plot with a strong political…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35012-9 (Routledge)
Series Details:
Routledge Guides to Literature are clear introductions to authors and texts most frequently studied by undergraduate students of literature. Each book explores texts, contexts and criticism, highlighting the critical views and contextual factors that students must consider in advanced studies of literary works.
Each guide presents a variety of approaches and interpretations, encouraging readers to think critically about 'standard' views and to make independent readings of literary texts. Alongside general guides to texts and authors, the series includes 'sourcebooks', which incorporate extracts from key contextual and critical materials as well as annotated passages from the primary text.
Forthcoming Titles:
Gerard Manley Hopkins
By Angus Easson
To be published December 15th 2010
Nadine Gordimer's July's People: A Routledge Study Guide
By Brendon Nicholls
To be published September 15th 2010
