Literary theory books

Unlock the timeless genius of William Shakespeare with ""William Shakespeare: A Critical Study,"" a captivating...  Read More >>

dawn in the dark is a story of entropy. It depicts the loss of promise, hope, and new horizons at the hands of time...  Read More >>

This book examines the ways in which literary form facilitates mentalization and our ability to be aware of our...  Read More >>

Questioning the principal distinction between literary modernism and other genres/movements/styles, authors read...  Read More >>

Surveying the extraordinary scope of contemporary theory, this book brings together contributors from across the...  Read More >>

This book explores the complex, dialectical interplay between the classic and creativity through a unique comparative...  Read More >>

This book examines the ways in which literary form facilitates mentalization and our ability to be aware of our...  Read More >>

This Palgrave Pivot makes a case for ‘sojourner literature’, a new literary genre within transnational literature,...  Read More >>

First published in 1984, Social Texts and Context illustrates the ways in which familiar psychological concepts...  Read More >>

Provides new insights into the influential, yet enigmatic intellectual Jean Baudrillard.  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between tragedy and the justice that is sought in moral philosophy and the law....  Read More >>

In Creative Characters, originally published in 1991, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl reflects on the long search for an...  Read More >>

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The aim of this Element is to forge new conceptual tools to give more ecological power to the human imagination....  Read More >>

What makes us pensive, feel pleasure and pain at the same time? What are we touched by in (humorous) instances of...  Read More >>

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing...  Read More >>

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Despite unprecedented opportunities to publish content in accessible formats, most books remain inaccessible to...  Read More >>

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""Explores a crucial - yet largely neglected - aspect of media thinking, focusing particularly on the 'mediality'...  Read More >>

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Focuses on a range of Jewish and non-Jewish writers in Europe and the Americas to examine the intersection of Kabbalah,...  Read More >>