Nineteenth-century Britain saw the rise of secularism, the development of a modern capitalist economy, multi-party democracy, and an explosive growth in technological, scientific and medical knowledge. It also witnessed the emergence of a mass literary culture which changed permanently the relationships between writers, readers and publishers.
Focusing on the work of British and Irish authors, The Routledge Concise History of Nineteenth-Century Literature:
considers changes in literary forms, styles and genres, as well as in critical discourses
examines...
Nineteenth-century Britain saw the rise of secularism, the development of a modern capitalist economy, multi-party democracy, and an explosive grow...
The term 'science fiction' has an established common usage, but close examination reveals that writers, fans, editors, scholars, and publishers often use this word in different ways for different reasons. Exploring how science fiction has emerged through competing versions and the struggle to define its limits, this Concise History:
provides an accessible and clear overview of the development of the genre
traces the separation of sf from a broader fantastic literature and the simultaneous formation of neighbouring genres, such as fantasy and horror
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The term 'science fiction' has an established common usage, but close examination reveals that writers, fans, editors, scholars, and publishers oft...
The Romantic period coincided with revolutionary transformations of traditional political and human rights discourses, as well as witnessing rapid advances in technology and a primitivist return to nature. As a broad global movement, Romanticism strongly impacted on the literature and arts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in ways that are still being debated and negotiated today.
Examining the poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, and the arts of the period, this book considers:
Important propositions and landmark ideas in the Romantic period;
Key...
The Romantic period coincided with revolutionary transformations of traditional political and human rights discourses, as well as witnessing rapid ...
This remarkably broad and informative book offers an introduction to and overview of 'World Literature'. Tracing the term from its earliest roots and situating it within a number of relevant contexts from postcolonialism to postmodernism, Theo D'haen examines: the return of the term 'World Literature' and its changing meaning Goethe's concept of 'Weltliteratur' and how this relates to current debates theories and theorists who have had an impact on World Literature non-canonical and less known literatures from around the globe the possibility and implications of a definition of World...
This remarkably broad and informative book offers an introduction to and overview of 'World Literature'. Tracing the term from its earliest roots and ...
This incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from ancient Greece to the present. Grounded in the close raeding of landmark theoretical texts, while seeking to encourage the reader's critical response, Pelagia Goulimari examines:
major thinkers and critics from Plato and Aristotle to Foucault, Derrida, Kristeva, Said and Butler;
key concepts, themes and schools in the history of literary theory: mimesis, inspiration, reason and emotion, the self, the relation of literature to history, society, culture and...
This incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from ancient Greece to the present. Grounded i...
This incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from classical antiquity to the present. It is almost impossible to read or study literature without acknowledging its relationship to criticism and this guide shows how the two have been inextricable since Plato. Introducing theory and criticism through the texts themselves, Pelagia Goulimari examines: a variety of key thinkers from Plato and Aristotle through to Foucault and Derrida topics and themes in the history of literary criticism such as mimesis and creation, inspiration, the...
This incredibly useful volume offers an introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory from classical antiquity to the present. It is al...
Romanticism: A Literary and Cultural History is an accessible introduction to this broad movement which strongly impacted on the literature and arts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in ways that are still being debated and negotiated today.
Examining the poetry, fiction, non-fiction, drama, and the arts of the period, this book considers:
Important propositions and landmark ideas in the Romantic period;
Key debates and critical approaches to Romantic studies;
New and revisionary approaches to Romantic literature and art;
The ways...
Romanticism: A Literary and Cultural History is an accessible introduction to this broad movement which strongly impacted on the literature and art...
