Literary theory books

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

In this daring study, Amy De'Ath develops a new type of literary criticism attuned to the wayour lives are shaped...  Read More >>

A final work by one of our major critics, contemplating how acts of distant witnessing can continue in future generations....  Read More >>

Basic Writing in the 21st Century is a comprehensive, cutting-edge survey of basic writing, developmental writing,...  Read More >>

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Offers a unique look at the charged relationships between contemporary fiction and self-help culture. It explores...  Read More >>

Basic Writing in the 21st Century is a comprehensive, cutting-edge survey of basic writing, developmental writing,...  Read More >>

A practical and essential resource for instructors of undergraduate and graduate creative writing courses, this...  Read More >>

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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 >>

Jungian Shakespeare is an original work of Jungian literary criticism, examining the psychological expression within...  Read More >>

Jungian Shakespeare is an original work of Jungian literary criticism, examining the psychological expression within...  Read More >>

Dante’s Emotions: Tears and Smiles between Time and Eternity reveals the centrality of tears and smiles in the development...  Read More >>

Tells the story of the metronome and our strong reactions to its relentless tick.  Read More >>

Perhaps the most prolific and exacting reader of his generation, Garrett Stewart's first book of essays — on close...  Read More >>

This book explores the intricate and dynamic role of readers as witnesses, with a specific focus on Kurdish literature...  Read More >>

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On Humour: An Essay by Luigi Pirandello is a masterful philosophical treatise by the Nobel Prize-winning Italian...  Read More >>

This Is Not A Book Of Comfort. This Is A Book Of Confrontation. Roses and Ashes is a dark philosophical collection...  Read More >>

A major literary event over two decades in the making, Your Name Here marks the seismic return of Helen DeWitt (The...  Read More >>

Writing the Mountains reconsiders the role of mountains in German language fiction from 1800 to the present and...  Read More >>

Argues that 18th-century British literary writers deployed melancholic feeling to draw a complex web of relations...  Read More >>

Examines the connection between auditory perception and the formation of subjectivity and identity in 20th-century...  Read More >>

Beginning with the first concisely concerted assessment in English of the premisses and practice of Realism as viewed...  Read More >>