Literary theory books

First published in 1972, Goethe presents a biography looking at one of the few great Europeans to be universally...  Read More >>

In this important study, originally published in 1985, Ronald Hayman scrutinizes Grass’s development and assesses...  Read More >>

This book, originally published in 1983, begins with an analysis of the patterns of Graham Greene’s mind. It explores...  Read More >>

Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano is now recognized as one of the major novels of the 20th Century, whose breadth...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1956, this study of Spenser’s poetry shows how the conceptions of his earlier work in visions...  Read More >>

First published in 1989, Living Space in Fact and Fiction explores the house both in the ‘real’ world of the architect...  Read More >>

When it was originally published in 1986, this book was the first full-length study of Farrell’s fiction. Ronald...  Read More >>

First published in 1974, European Drama of the Early Middle Ages stresses the distinctive variety of the dramatic...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1982, this study examines Orton’s principal plays, but its main concern is to identify his...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, Political Stylistics is a way of studying the formal properties of texts based on the principle...  Read More >>

The stylistic aims of the Alexandrian poets have been much discussed, as has their reliance on literary tradition.First...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1989, The Origins of Literary Studies in America brings together for the first time hard-to-find...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, The Inward Gaze looks at men’s fantasies and self-images from a wide range of texts (notably...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1985, this study provides a clear and intelligent introduction to the work of the former...  Read More >>

Thinking Outside the Canon traces author Michael J. Shapiro's intellectual journey as a political theorist who has...  Read More >>

Close Reading and Its Alternatives provides an up-to-date history of the literary and analytical technique and philosophy...  Read More >>

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How did rural America come to be viewed as backward and inferior, and how did literary modernism respond to and...  Read More >>

Introduction to the Attribution of Literature describes the first unbiased and accessible authorship attribution...  Read More >>

Eliot’s career was influenced by concrete historical and biographical circumstances who played a decisive role as...  Read More >>

How did rural America come to be viewed as backward and inferior, and how did literary modernism respond to and...  Read More >>

Reading Children’s Fairytales: Inside the Gingerbread House brings...  Read More >>

Miles Morales: Across the Spider-Myth is an exploration focusing on Miles Morales, the history of the Spider-Verse,...  Read More >>