One of the most exciting developments in Romantic studies in the past decade has been the rediscovery and repositioning of women poets as vital and influential members of the Romantic literary community.

Containing useful, reader-friendly features such as explanatory case studies, chapter summaries, and suggestions for further reading, this clear and engaging book is an invaluable resource for anyone who intends to study and research the complexity and diversity of the Romantic period, as well as the historical conditions which produced it.

Visit the historic places where great works of literature were written

Evocative, engaging and filled with detail, this book explores the homes of three writers linked to the Bloomsbury Group. Bringing together stories of love and intimacy, of evolving relationships and erotic encounters, with vivid accounts of the settings in which they took place, it offers fresh insights into their complicated, interlocking lives.

Originally published: New York: Routledge, 2006, under title The Routledge companion to critical theory.

Explores the world of Gothic in its myriad forms throughout the mid-eighteenth Century to the internet age. This title includes discussion on: the history of Gothic gothic throughout the English-speaking world; key themes and concepts ranging from hauntings and the uncanny; and, Gothic femininities and queer gothic in the modern world.

The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study.

The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature introduces the fiction, poetry and drama of Canada in its historical, political and cultural contexts.

Focusing on the work of British and Irish authors, this book considers changes in literary forms, styles and genres, as well as in critical discourses. It examines literary movements such as Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelitism, Aestheticism and Decadence. It discusses the impact of gender studies, queer theory, postcolonialism and book history.

Telling the story of British and Irish writing from 1963 to the present, this handbook guides the reader through the major writers, genres and developments in English writing over the past 40 years. It also offers notes on language issues, quotations from selected works, a timeline and a guide to other works.

The Routledge Handbook of Material Culture in Early Modern Europe offers a comprehensive multi-disciplinary examination of current research in the field and presents a detailed yet wide-ranging consideration of the breadth and scope of research on material culture in the early modern period.

Rural Fictions, Urban Realities examines late nineteenth-century American literature to reveal the increasingly intricate and sometimes problematic connections between urban and rural life.

The book offers a pioneering account of a wide range of cultural forms in Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. It also offers a distinctive emphasis on the complex processes underlying the reception of culture. A vital resource for university courses on Russian culture, it will be essential reading for all with an interest in the subject.

The definitive one-volume biography of a literary legend.

The new edition of the successful first edition will cover all of Rushdie's work up to the present.

Introduces you to the life and work of Salman Rushdie, one of the contemporary authors.

Offers an interview with Salman Rushdie, relating specifically to the texts under discussion. This guide deals with Rushdie's themes, genre and narrative technique,and a close reading of the texts can provide a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels.

A book on the experience of reading the works of Samuel Beckett that covers key topics including Beckett's treatment of human emotion, the importance of doubt and second thoughts, his performances as a self-conscious narrator, his vexed relationship with memory and autobiography, and writing as company.