Writing

This "Routledge Literary Sourcebook" provides the ideal orientation to "The Merchant of Venice." It offers: extensive annotated extracts from the play; contemporary documents; discussion of the play in performance; twentieth century critical readings of the play; suggestions for further reading and ... More

A provocative, humorous, searching and deeply humane portrait of India Mark Tully is incomparable. No foreign commentator has a greater understanding of the passions, the contradictions, the charms and the resilience that constitute India. In India in Slow Motion, Tully and his colleague Gillian Wri... More

Planning is one of the most important roles of management, and a company's marketing plan is a key component of business strategy. It should identify the most promising business opportunities and outline how to penetrate, capture and maintain market positions.The Marketing Plan Workbook is a highly ... More

Strongly associated with Irish nationalism, W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) is one of the greatest poets writing in the last two centuries. This "Routledge Literary Sourcebook" provides essential help for readers who wish to learn more about W. B. Yeats's powerful, haunting poems.Considering Yeats's early, ... More

This considerable and distinguished body of writing has appeared sporadically and has been scattered within periodicals and magazines, journals and academic books. It has never been available as a single body of ideas, as the large and singular bedrock upon which Amitav Ghosh’s fictional imaginati... More

The Imam and the Indian is an extensive compilation of Amitav Ghosh’s non-fiction writings. Sporadically published between his novels, in magazines, journals, academic books and periodicals, these essays and articles trace the evolution of the ideas that shape his fiction. He explores the connecti... More

This book is the most concise and clearly presented discussion of the editor’s role and responsibilities to the writer, the reader, and the publishing process, including changes that result from technological advances in editing. This highly informative guide and accompanying workbook emphasise th... More

Science writing is not technical writing, but a unique form of journalism. In Best Science Writing, you will find the finest science journalism combined with intelligent commentary to make a winning collection of highly readable and informative articles that can instruct and inspire writers and stud... More

<p>This new, expanded eighth edition of the best-selling guide to style is based on The Economists own house style manual, and is an invaluable companion for everyone who wants to communicate with the clarity, style and precision for which The Economist is renowned. As the introduction says, c... More

What does globalization mean for the television audience? Becoming a Global Audience examines concerns of cultural imperialism in relation to the actual experience of television reception in a postcolonial context. The rise of satellite television in India in the context of economic liberalization i... More

The Internet is the world's fastest-growing means of communication. For writers, it presents a huge array of opportunities and choices. This authoritative guide will help every writer, from the seasoned Netizen to the technolophobe, to make the most of this exciting new medium. Complete with compreh... More

The book explores the dimensions of Indian seafaring from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, a period of striking change and growth for the trade and traders of the Indian Ocean. The vitality of Indian seafaring is set against the growing colonial domination that changed the contours of the... More

Originally written in French, Pierre Loti’s India is an attempt to discover the real beauty and culture of the land. Loti has given a vivid description of India, her races, rivers, temples, palaces and scriptures, intermixed with moments from his eventful journey through India.Pierre Loti is the ... More

An anthology of prose compositions by five eminent Indians: Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Jawaharlal Nehru. Their writings and speeches on India’s history, heritage, education, society and her future are included.... More

This work examines in detail the world of travelogues of a highly interesting culture-universe: the Bengali bhadralok. A travelogue is usually a crucial political/aesthetic text. Its very fabric is structured in space and power - it creates, relates, compares and contrasts spaces and powers. Bengali... More

On 17 May 1993, Rebecca Stephens became the first British woman to climb Mount Everest. On Top of the World   is the story of that remarkable achievement and the courage and determination it took to scale the world's highest peak.... More

Introduces concepts and ideas prevalent in the world of finance and presents the vocabulary and expressions of the language of finance.... More