English Literature

Exploring the postcolonial terrain where ‘dislocation and relocation intertwine, where hope and disillusionment converge, where violence erupts and...

Red Oleanders/Raktakarabi is one of the best plays of Tagore, the myriadminded and multifaceted genius; understandably and lsquo;meanings' have bee...

The book presents a collection of papers that are wide ranging not only in the choice of authors—two of the Big Trio, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao on ...

The book presents a collection of research papers on Indian English literature that are wide ranging in nature, dealing with fiction, poetry, drama...

The present book takes a fresh look at gender and feminist perspectives through the novels of the three women writers across the globe, namely Toni...

This book is a collection of research articles under the broader theme of Shakespeare in the 21st Century, critically analysing the various aspects...

The idea of the European Renaissance holds a perennial fascination for the Indian academics in general and for the teachers and students of English...

The patriarch involves all the instincts of fatherly dominance that creates an environment where man emerges as institution, hegemony, power, and t...

This book introduces post-graduate students and researchers to the basics and techniques of research methods in English literature and language. It...

Since Simone de Beauvoir first proclaimed that ‘One is not born a woman, one becomes one’, the study of gender has become one of the most significa...

The Return of the Native, both powerful and sombre, is considered to be the most representative of Hardy s novels. It is set in Egdon Heath whose l...

Revisiting Ecocriticism: Traditional, Postcolonial and Spiritual Perspectives studies the representation of environmental issues in literature and ...

Mahesh Dattani is a well-known Indian director, actor and the first playwright in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi award. His highly accla...

The tragedies of Shakespeare have been commented upon countless times. Revisiting Shakespeare’s Tragedies reveals the extent to which Shakespeare’s...

Revisiting W.B. Yeats’s World and Art is a well-researched book occasioned by the poet’s 150th birth anniversary in 2015. This book is meant to be ...

Published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has remained one of the best-known and most read of English novels. It gained popularity among children and adul...

Often derided as an inferior form of literature, 'romance' as a literary mode or genre defies satisfactory definition, dividing critics, scholars a...

For the past four decades Frank Kermode, critic and writer, has steadily established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. ...

Brief, manageable and affordable, the books in the 'Contexts' series fill the gap in students' knowledge of the historical facts, literary associat...

Romanticism was a revolutionary intellectual and artistic movement which generated some of the most popular and influential texts in British and Am...

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Engl...

The Routledge Companion to Critical Theory is an indispensable aid for anyone approaching this exciting field of study for the first time. By explo...