Literary theory books

Der Band untersucht die Jugenddramen von Lutz Hübner und Sarah Nemitz als besondere Gattung der Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung....  Read More >>

This volume investigates the complex relationships that characterize twentieth-century postcolonial adaptations...  Read More >>

This book takes a postcritical perspective on Joseph Conrad’s central texts, including Heart of Darkness, The Secret...  Read More >>

Questioning Ayn Rand: Subjectivity, Political Economy, and the Arts offers a sustained academic critique of Ayn...  Read More >>

A collection of essays from one of the world's greatest scholars of Latin literature and Roman culture. Covers ancient...  Read More >>

Provides an accessible overview of major figures and movements in literary theory and criticism from antiquity to...  Read More >>

How do we talk meaningfully about sacrality in contexts where conventional religious engagement has so often lost...  Read More >>

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Against the backdrop of ever-increasing nationalist violence during the last decade of the twentieth century, this...  Read More >>

Narratology in Practice draws on various cultural domains to explain the ways in which theory illuminates the presence...  Read More >>

First Published in 1959, The Life of John Middleton Murry is the first biography of one of the most controversial...  Read More >>

This book offers Posthumanist readings of animal-centric literary and cultural texts. The contributors put the precepts...  Read More >>

1862 erscheint Gustave Flauberts Roman Salammbô. Ort und Handlung sind in ferner Vergangenheit angesiedelt. Karthago...  Read More >>

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

This book is an introduction to Femme Theory, showcasing how femme can be used as a theoretical framework across...  Read More >>

The Cambridge History of World Literature offers one of the first comprehensive accounts of how the study of literature...  Read More >>

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This text offers a fascinating psychoanalytic reading of four landmark obscenity trials involving the texts of D....  Read More >>

This text offers a fascinating psychoanalytic reading of four landmark obscenity trials involving the texts of D....  Read More >>

This volume explore the connection between the prevalence of violent, sexually charged touches in eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

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This book demonstrates how Fredric Jameson’s understanding of the novel form has heavily influenced his work as...  Read More >>

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This book reflects on the ‘literary’ in literature. Whether oral expression, Nobel laureates, or the rupturing event,...  Read More >>