Literary theory books

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 >>

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 >>

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

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

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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 >>

This book fills a gap in existing scholarship on the history of the novel in relation to visual culture by discussing...  Read More >>

Guohua Zhu unveils the last two decades of Chinese literary theory and research, offering a glimpse into the evolving...  Read More >>

This study is a comprehensive overview of the literature produced in Canada during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901)....  Read More >>

Thomas Ogden: A Contemporary Introduction is the first book to gather and analyse Ogden’s significant contributions...  Read More >>

Blue Extinction in Literature, Culture, and Art examines literary and cultural representations of aquatic biodiversity...  Read More >>

Das sog. Liederbuch der Clara Hätzlerin tradiert eine der bedeutendsten Textsammlungen des Spätmittelalters mit...  Read More >>