20th Century Literature Books

New and Published Books

1. Entropy Exhibition (Routledge Revivals)

   Michael Moorcock and the British 'New Wave' in Science Fiction

   By Colin Greenland

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   When first published in 1983 The Entropy Exhibition was the first critical assessment of the literary movement known as ‘New Wave’ science fiction. It examines the history of the New Worlds magazine and its background in the popular imagination of the 1960s, traces the strange history of sex in...

   Published December 29th 2011 by Routledge
2. Global Cold War Literature

   Western, Eastern and Postcolonial Perspectives

   Edited by Andrew Hammond

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

   In countries worldwide, the Cold War dominated politics, society and culture during the second half of the twentieth century. Global Cold War Literatures offers a unique look at the multiple ways in which writers from Asia, Africa, Europe and North and South America addressed the military conflicts...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
3. Exploring Magic Realism in Salman Rushdie’s Fiction

   By Ursula Kluwick

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

   Kluwick breaks new ground in this book, moving away from Rushdie studies that focus on his status as postcolonial or postmodern, and instead considering the significance of magic realism in his fiction. Rushdie’s magic realism, in fact, lies at the heart of his engagement with the post/colonial....

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
4. Politicizing Asian American Literature

   Towards a Critical Multiculturalism

   By Youngsuk Chae

   Series: Studies in Asian Americans

   This book examines U.S. multiculturalism from the perspective of Asian American writings, drawing contrasts between politically acquiescent multiculturalism and politically conscious multiculturalism. Chae discusses the works of writers who have highlighted a critical awareness of Asian Americans’...

   Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
5. Salman Rushdie and Visual Culture

   Celebrating Impurity, Disrupting Borders

   Edited by Ana Cristina Mendes

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature

   In Salman Rushdie’s novels, images are invested with the power to manipulate the plotline, to stipulate actions from the characters, to have sway over them, seduce them, or even lead them astray. Salman Rushdie and Visual Culture sheds light on this largely unremarked – even if central – dimension...

   Published November 20th 2011 by Routledge
6. The Lonely Tower (Routledge Revivals)

   Studies in the Poetry of W. B. Yeats

   By Thomas Rice Henn

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1965, this reissue of the second edition of T. R. Henn’s seminal study offers an impressive breadth and depth of meditations on the poetry of W. B. Yeats. His life and influences are discussed at length, from the impact of the Irish Rebellion upon his youth, to his training as a...

   Published October 30th 2011 by Routledge
7. Contemporary Literature: The Basics

   By Suman Gupta

   Series: The Basics

   ‘Contemporary Literature’ is among the most popular areas of literary study but it can be a difficult one to define. This book equips readers with the necessary tools to take an analytical and systematic approach to contemporary texts. The author provides answers to some of the critical questions...

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
8. Intertextual and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cormac McCarthy

   Borders and Crossings

   Edited by Nicholas Monk

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature

   This collection offers a fresh approach to the work of Cormac McCarthy, one of the most important contemporary American authors. Essays focus on his work across the genres and/or in constellation with other writers and artists, presenting not only a different "angle" on the work, but setting him...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
9. Magic, Science, and Empire in Postcolonial Literature

   The Alchemical Literary Imagination

   By Kathleen Renk

   Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

   This book examines the ways in which contemporary British and British postcolonial writers in the after-empire era draw connections between magic (defined here as Renaissance Hermetic philosophy) and science. Writers such as Tom Stoppard, Zadie Smith, and Margaret Atwood critique both imperial...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge
10. Ernest Hemingway

    Edited by Henry Claridge

    Series: Critical Assessments of Major Writers

    Few twentieth-century American writers have been as influential as Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961). Whilst contemporaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and William Faulkner may be as widely taught and studied as Hemingway, neither had an influence on other writers—or indeed, the cognate arts—as great as...

    Published September 11th 2011 by Routledge