Literary theory books

There is no Shakespeare without text. Yet readers often do not realize that the words in the book they hold, like...  Read More >>

Bringing together Deleuze, Blanchot, and Foucault, this book provides a detailed and original exploration of the...  Read More >>

"""Explores semi-peripheral literary cultures and their relations to the cosmopolitan and the vernacular, using...  Read More >>

There is no Shakespeare without text. Yet readers often do not realize that the words in the book they hold, like...  Read More >>

When Homeric heroes think about the meaning of their actions, they expect this to take the form of kleos, 'fame',...  Read More >>

""An interdisciplinary study that brings together gender studies, media studies, Marxist thought, and literary theory...  Read More >>

Representing a shift in Carter studies for the 21st century, this book critically explores her legacy and showcases...  Read More >>

A reading of the oeuvre of Toni Morrison—fiction, non-fiction, and other—drawing extensively from her many interviews...  Read More >>

Women in Wartime demonstrates the startling acuity and prescience of the repertoire in responding to the war-steeped...  Read More >>

Paperback reprint. Originally published: 2020.  Read More >>

Women in Wartime demonstrates the startling acuity and prescience of the repertoire in responding to the war-steeped...  Read More >>

This book traces the emergence of modern pessimism in nineteenth-century France and examines its aesthetic, epistemological,...  Read More >>

This book examines literary representations of Sydney and its waterway in the context of Australian modernism and...  Read More >>

Queering Modernist Translation explores translations by Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes, and H.D. through the concept...  Read More >>

The Guide to James Joyce's 'Ulysses' is perfect for anyone undertaking a reading of Joyce's novel, whether as a...  Read More >>

This is a study of gay narrative writings published in Spain at the turn of the twentieth century. The book scrutinises...  Read More >>

In wenigen schriftstellerischen Œuvres steht die Reflexion zeitgenössischer Medienpraxis sowie die Medialität des...  Read More >>

This edited collection investigates the kinds of philosophical reflection we can undertake in the imaginative worlds...  Read More >>

In Beyond Return, Lucas Hollister examines the political orientations of fictions which ‘return’ to forms that have...  Read More >>

Martin Luther was not just a great reformer and bible translator, but also an extremely pugnacious and, in his argumentation,...  Read More >>

This study examines stagings of the rule of Charlemagne in Upper German chanson de geste adaptations of the twelfth...  Read More >>

Explores the slow but inevitable implosion of our civilization by considering the correlation between capital, work,...  Read More >>

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First published in 1979, Inner Visions discussion the nature of contemporary magical thought – encompassing the...  Read More >>

Reconsiders key concepts in Marxist thought by examining the relationship between accumulation and subjectivity...  Read More >>