Literary theory books

Taking up four different political themes--human rights, the relation between public and private space, racial justice,...  Read More >>

The go-to resource for understanding desire, same-sex and trans eroticism in Shakespeare's texts, this second edition...  Read More >>

This book explores short fiction by migrant women writers in Canada and the United States from 1980 to 2020, including...  Read More >>

We are in the middle of a vibrant renaissance of queer writing. But LGBTQ+ writers, characters and readers have...  Read More >>

Short, sharp and original commentary inspired by Peter Brooks's diverse critical work.  Read More >>

Establishes maternity as a vital theme within Virginia Woolf's feminist and political thought  Read More >>

Telepoetics explores how telephony has shaped and been shaped by literature.  Read More >>

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In recent decades, digital scholarly editions have gained prominence, the shift from print to digital demands not...  Read More >>

It's difficult to name a question more contentious than the question of credentialing for academic librarians. This...  Read More >>

Extends the field of translation studies and theory by examining three radical science-fiction treatments of translation,...  Read More >>

This Palgrave Companion brings together original essays by leading scholars to explore the multifaceted work of...  Read More >>

This book theorizes the slave ship as a unique site for the imaginative and material convergence of abolitionism...  Read More >>

As writing and language teachers, we recognize the difference immediately; an event has occurred, and a new subject...  Read More >>

This book reexamines William Faulkner's If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem (1939), a novel of increasing sociohistorical...  Read More >>

In a documentarian research study of artifacts from archives across the United States, this book examines how homophobia...  Read More >>

This edited volume presents a collection of new essays on Shakespeare and Psychoanalysis from leading figures in...  Read More >>

In a documentarian research study of artifacts from archives across the United States, this book examines how homophobia...  Read More >>

What does a single recurring image reveal about the hidden architecture of a novelist's entire body of work? Across...  Read More >>

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A history of human rights that places writers and their ideas at its center. At Amnesty International's headquarters...  Read More >>

This Element centers the 'Black Pacific' as a generative site for comparative and intersectional methodologies and...  Read More >>

This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Tale of Terror pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study...  Read More >>

This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Symbolist Movement in Literature pairs the complete original text with carefully...  Read More >>

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