Literary theory books

A uniquely comprehensive, groundbreaking two-volume study of Loy's relationship to the human body and soul.  Read More >>

Advances our understanding of the literary legacy of contemporary ecological crises to investigate the interfaces...  Read More >>

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First Published in 1972, The Scholar-Critic argues that it's a mistake to consider literary criticism and literary...  Read More >>

In 95 Kapiteln unternimmt dieses Buch den Versuch, dreitausend Jahre Weltliteratur nicht nur zu erklären, sondern...  Read More >>

This is a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines the overlooked cross-pollination between Fin-de-siècle...  Read More >>

The book offers the first comprehensive analysis of Vladimir Nabokov’s self-translated poetry, examining texts from...  Read More >>

Given the enormous interest in the religious and cultural figure of Rama, this book analyzes key classical texts...  Read More >>

Explores and illuminates the impact of French theorist, writer, and critic Hélène Cixous on our understanding of...  Read More >>

Kim Godal's fiction emerges as a sustained inquiry into how sacred texts are read, repurposed, and weaponized within...  Read More >>

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A study of the transformation of the realist novel in the hands of early-twentieth-century American writers, who...  Read More >>

Reading Words into Worlds asks: how can reading a novel make us feel as if we are living in a world? The book argues...  Read More >>

In the desolate heart of Veridian, where ancient grudges cast long shadows and secrets fester like unhealed wounds,...  Read More >>

The Handbook of Literary Criticism and Ethics provides a clear and comprehensible understanding of the changing...  Read More >>

De Renan au Sillon. Joseph Malègue: horizons intellectuels de l'oeuvre permet de cerner les horizons intellectuels...  Read More >>

Are you tired of feeling misunderstood, defensive, or drained by critical remarks? Does the constant hum of judgment,...  Read More >>

Dostoevsky and Christianity is Nikolai Berdyaev's classic philosophical and theological interpretation of Fyodor...  Read More >>

Queer Narratives in Contemporary American Comics: Gutter Smut provides timely cultural criticism of both fiction...  Read More >>

Angela Carter Translator and Translated situates the British writer Angela Carter within a global framework by documenting...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1963, this is a study of the greatness of Dante, Michelangelo and Milton, and of the differences...  Read More >>

Although 1660 to some extent marks a turning point, this comprehensive book (originally published in 1992) demonstrates...  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 >>