Offers a lucid introduction to postcolonial studies, one of the most important strands in recent literary theory and cultural studies.

The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Literary Studies, first published in 2004, offers a lucid introduction and overview of one of the most important strands

This Companion provides an engaging account of the postcolonial novel, from Joseph Conrad to Jean Rhys. Covering subjects from disability and diaspora to the su

Working across time periods and critical contexts, this volume provides the most comprehensive overview of literary representations of disability.

This Companion rethinks food in literature from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to contemporary food blogs, and recovers cookbooks as literary texts.