The Work of Reading: Literary Criticism in the 21st Century is a sustained critical examination o...

Leading South African writers and commentators examine literature during and after the apartheid ...

Examines Sidney's statement that quantitative verse on the Latin model is more suitable than the ...

This is a series of connected essays by one of today's leading commentators on James Joyce.

This second edition will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom.

First published in 1988, Peculiar Language is now established as one of the most important discus...

This volume argues that theory, far from being dead, has undergone major shifts in order to come ...

This is the first introduction to rhythm and meter that begins where students are: as speakers of...

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This collection of essays is unique in focusing on this central debate in literary studies today:...

Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are...

The Iliad and Beowulf provide rich sources of historical information. The novels of Henry Fieldin...