Book Series in Literature
The New Critical Idiom
New & Published Titles:

Interdisciplinarity
2nd Edition
Interdisciplinarity covers one of the most important changes in attitude and methodology in the history of the university.
Taking the study of English as its main…
read moreFebruary 2010 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56007-8 (Routledge)

The Historical Novel
The historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history, reading, and writing. In…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42662-6 (Routledge)

Allegory
Indispensable to an understanding of Medieval and Renaissance texts and a topic of controversy for the Romantic poets, allegory remains a site for debate and…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-34006-9 (Routledge)

Lyric
The term ‘lyric’ has evolved, been revised, redefined and contested over the centuries. In this fascinating introduction, Scott Brewster:
- traces the history of the term from&8230;
2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31956-0 (Routledge)

Genders
2nd Edition
The concept of gender continues to be a central issue in literary and cultural studies, with a significance that crosses disciplinary boundaries and provokes lively…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44244-2 (Routledge)

Myth
2nd Edition
Laurence Coupe offers students a comprehensive overview of the development of myth, showing how mythic themes, structures and symbols persist in literature and entertainment today.…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44284-8 (Routledge)

Memory
The concept of ‘memory’ has given rise to some of the most exciting new directions in contemporary theory.
In this much-needed guide to a burgeoning…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40273-6 (Routledge)

Humanism
2nd Edition
Definitions of humanism have evolved throughout the centuries as the term has been adopted for a variety of purposes – literary, cultural and political –…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42065-5 (Routledge)

Modernism
2nd Edition
The modernist movement radically transformed the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literary establishment, and its effects are still felt today. Modernism introduces and analyzes what…
read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41546-0 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The New Critical Idiom series provides students with clear introductions to the most important genres, concepts and approaches in literary studies today. Each book:
- provides a handy, explanatory guide to the use (and abuse) of the term
- gives an original and distinctive overview by a leading literary and cultural critic
- relates the term to the larger field of cultural representation.
With a strong emphasis on clarity, lively debate and the widest possible breadth of examples, The New Critical Idiom is an indispensable guide to key topics in literary studies.
Forthcoming Titles:
Epic
By Paul Innes
To be published June 1st 2011
Intertextuality
By Graham Allen
To be published May 1st 2011
Dialogue
By Peter Womack
To be published May 1st 2011
Satire
By John Gilmore
To be published May 1st 2011
The Canon
By Christopher Kuipers
To be published April 1st 2011
Autobiography
By Linda Anderson
To be published December 12th 2010
Travel Writing: The New Critical Idiom
By Thompson Carl
To be published December 1st 2010
Sexuality
By Joseph Bristow
To be published November 30th 2010

