Literary theory books

First published in 1992, A. E. Housman brings together significant critical response to the poetry of A.E. Housman...  Read More >>

In A Shaping Joy (originally published in 1971), Cleanth Brooks writes about modern literature and the criticism...  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 >>

Originally published in 1970, this account of Tolstoy’s achievement as a novelist concentrates on the best known...  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 >>

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

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

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Offenheit ist kein Zustand, den Gesellschaften einmal erreichen und dann behalten; sie ist ein Prozess, der gepflegt,...  Read More >>

Written for literary and animal studies scholars, this book shows how animal illnesses influence our cultures and...  Read More >>

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""The Novel Experience makes a plea and offers a methodology for reclaiming and recentering the reading experience...  Read More >>

Everyday I Read and Learn: Simple Ways to Get Addicted to Reading and Learning How to Learn is your ultimate guide...  Read More >>

Organizing Relation investigates how attachment theory can shift major conversations in literary criticism about...  Read More >>

""The Novel Experience makes a plea and offers a methodology for reclaiming and recentering the reading experience...  Read More >>

""This book offers a new system of speculative theory and philosophy that proposes the manner in which Black people...  Read More >>

Willa Cather's novels do not behave like other novels. Indeed, her art is famously uncategorizable. She is not much...  Read More >>

This collection of new essays devoted to Oscar Wilde's classic novel presents new critical work by prominent scholars...  Read More >>

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to...  Read More >>

Every standing ovation is a prescription filled. For twenty-five centuries, from Aristotle's Athens to the infinite...  Read More >>