Books in the Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature series

* The first volume in a new Polity literary studies series, 'Themes in 20th Century Literature and Culture'. * Combines a clear argument for those with no prior knowledge or experience of Modernism with a subtle argument that will appeal to higher level undergraduates and scholars.

* A concise introduction to a core and popular area of literary studies. * Provides extended case studies which survey and summarise key critical debates and as such are invaluable for teaching.

State of the art overview of the relationship between globalization studies and literature and literary studies. The first book length treatment of this cutting edge area, pitched for undergraduate students.

* An overview of the topic of technology in literature, covering the span from late Victorian innovations, through modernism and the cold war, to computing and the internet. * Brings together a wide range of literature in a concise, student-oriented fashion.

This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants.