Literary theory books

This book contains a classic guide to historical study of early modern Chinese fiction from the late Qing Dynasty...  Read More >>

Bringing together the latest scholarship from all over the world on topics ranging from reading practices in ancient...  Read More >>

Restoring the Human Context to Literary and Performance Studies argues that much of contemporary literary theory...  Read More >>

The volume contains new interpretations of literary production in Romanian communism. It focuses on socialist realism...  Read More >>

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com....  Read More >>

""A unique perspective on one of the most infamous cities in recent American history."" - Publisher’s Weekly ""A...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of pencil literature for the first time, from its beginnings to the present. With surprising...  Read More >>

Delving into the interaction between satire and more serious forms of literature, Shane Herron overturns long-standing...  Read More >>

Working at the intersection of psychoanalytic, queer, and transgender theories, this book argues for the need to...  Read More >>

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This book introduces genetic criticism as a reading strategy which investigates the origins and development of texts...  Read More >>

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Das Buch besteht aus der Edition der nachgelassenen Fragmente des autobiogr. Manuskripts von W. Müller-Seidel sowie...  Read More >>

A convenient source of critical commentary on the careers and works of acclaimed authors who died between 1800 and...  Read More >>

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""Shklovsky's audacity gave him the freedom to take apart Cervantes and Sterne, Gogol and Tolstoy, with a brilliance...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1985, this book traces the development of an ideal of work in English writing which runs...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1991, Ian Bell’s masterly investigation of the diverse representations of crime and legality...  Read More >>

The qualities and achievements of eighteenth century English literature have suffered denigration as a result of...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1987, this title is a comprehensive study focused on experimental forms in eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

This book explores how television series can be understood as a form of literature, bridging the gap between literary...  Read More >>

The eighteenth century produced more inventive actors than fine dramatists, and it displayed its actors to increasing...  Read More >>

First published in 1984, this anthology of 18th century writings about contemporary society is divided into parts...  Read More >>

The aim of this book, originally published in 1978, is to make the reading of literary classics such as Gulliver’s...  Read More >>