Bøger i Routledge Literature Companions serien

Over 40 essays from top thinkers in the field demonstrate the range and vitality of trauma studies as it has been used to further the understanding of literature and other cultural forms across the world.

This Collection seeks to understand how literature always been deeply engaged with the ever-evolving relationship humanity has with its ultimate demise.

The Routledge Companion to Asian American and Pacific Islander Literature offers a general introduction as well as a range of critical approaches to this important and expanding field. Divided into three sections, the volume: Introduces "keywords" connecting the theories, themes and methodologies distinctive to Asian American Literature Addresses historical periods, geographies and literary identities Looks at different genre, form and interdisciplinarity With 48 essays from scholars in the field this collection is a comprehensive guide to a significant area of literary study for students and teachers of Ethnic American, Asian diasporic and Pacific Islander Literature.

This book provides a comprehensive, transnational, and interdisciplinary map to the field, offering a broad overview of human rights and literature while providing innovative new readings on a range of topics. The first of its kind, this volume moves beyond survey to offer innovative, insightful pieces that develop, critique, and test boundaries, expanding the idea of human rights literature to include texts that have often been excluded from the literary such as legal texts, performances, visual culture, and human rights reports. Drawn from many different global contexts, the essays offer an ideal introduction for those approaching the area for the first time, or looking for new insights, directions, and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Presents an overview of the history and study of science fiction. This book outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre. It is for those interested in the history of science fiction and the way it is taught and studied.

Traces the network of connections among literature, science, technology, mathematics, and medicine. This title surveys the theoretical and disciplinary approaches from Animal Studies to Semiotics, and also traces the history and culture of literature and science from Greece and Rome to Postmodernism.

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 Companion to Latino/a Literature presents over forty essays by leading and emerging international scholars of Latino/a literature and analyses: Regional, cultural and sexual identities in Latino/a literature Worldviews and traditions of Latino/a cultural creation Latino/a literature in different international contexts The impact of differing literary forms of Latino/a literature The politics of canon formation in Latino/a literature. This collection provides a map of the critical issues central to the discipline, as well as uncovering new perspectives and new directions for the development of this literary culture.

This Companion is divided into six sections that provide an introduction to and critical history of the field, discussions of key texts and a critical debate on major topics such as the nation, race, gender and migration. In the final section contributors examine the material dissemination of Caribbean literature and point towards the new directions that Caribbean literature and criticism are taking.

The Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature presents over forty essays by leading and emerging international scholars of Latino/a literature and analyses:Regional, cultural and sexual identities in Latino/a literatureWorldviews and traditions of Latino/a cultural creationLatino/a literature in different international contextsThe impact of differing literary forms of Latino/a literatureThe politics of canon formation in Latino/a literature.This collection provides a map of the critical issues central to the discipline, as well as uncovering new perspectives and new directions for the development of this literary culture.

The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature maps this expansive and multifaceted field, with essays on:the history of literary experiment from the beginning of the twentieth century to the presentthe impact of new media on literature, including multimodal literature, digital fiction and code poetrythe development of experimental genres from graphic narratives and found poetry through to gaming and interactive fictionexperimental movements from Futurism and Surrealism to Postmodernism, Avant-Pop and Flarf. Shedding new light on often critically neglected terrain, the contributors introduce this vibrant area, define its current state, and offer exciting new perspectives on its future.

The Routledge Companion to Native American Literature engages the multiple scenes of tension ¿ historical, political, cultural, and aesthetic ¿ that constitute a problematic legacy in terms of community identity, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, language, and sovereignty in the study of Native American literature.

This unique and comprehensive volume looks at the study of literature and religion from a contemporary critical perspective. Including discussion of global literature and world religions.

The Routledge Companion to the Environmental Humanities provides a comprehensive, transnational, and interdisciplinary map to the field, offering a broad overview of its founding principles while providing insight into exciting new directions for future scholarship.

The Routledge Companion to Travel Writing offers the ideal springboard for beginners to the area, but is also an essential resource for those already working in the field. Each essay provides the historical, theoretical and cultural contexts as well as cutting-edge approaches and close readings of travelogues.