Literary theory books

Sets out in a new and authoritative way the history of the essay; explains how the essay has come to mean what it...  Read More >>

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The book explores key South Asian writings on cultural theory and literary criticism. It discusses the dynamics...  Read More >>

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Dramatizing Blindness: Disability Studies as Critical Creative Narrative engages with the cultural meanings and...  Read More >>

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This book brings together some of the most compelling current work in allegory studies, by an international team...  Read More >>

The book explores key South Asian writings on cultural theory and literary criticism. It discusses the dynamics...  Read More >>

This book explores the work of Cervantes in relation to the ideas about the mind that circulated in early modern...  Read More >>

Du 20 au 23 novembre 1989, le grand poete italien Franco Fortini, egalement traducteur et critique litteraire, fut...  Read More >>

Published in 1987: This is a thesis on the The Isle of Ladies, a poem by Chaucer.  Read More >>

Queer Democracy undertakes an interdisciplinary critical investigation of the centuries-old metaphor of society...  Read More >>

Metaphysics of Children’s Literature is the first sustained study of ways in which children’s literature confronts...  Read More >>

"""Rethinks the ways that modernist narratives may be read as resources for understanding cognition and theory of...  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the 2022 ESSE Book Awards How has humanity sought to harness the power of the Sun, and what roles...  Read More >>

Revisiting Virginia Woolf’s most experimental novels, Elsa Högberg explores how Woolf’s writing prompts us to re-examine...  Read More >>

"""Investigates the unstable construction of white masculinity in the United States through close analysis of father-child...  Read More >>

The book’s content progresses from general to specific: from the notions of worldview and translation, through a...  Read More >>

Literature and Modern Time is a collection of essays that explore literature in the context of a wave of challenges...  Read More >>

This book discusses the complex ways in which the novel offers a vibrant arena for critically engaging with our...  Read More >>

Marrying life-writing with classical reception, this book examines ancient biography and its impact on subsequent...  Read More >>

This book is a study of female virginity loss and its representations in popular Anglophone literatures. It explores...  Read More >>

Queer Democracy undertakes an interdisciplinary critical investigation of the centuries-old metaphor of society...  Read More >>

Who are we and how do we define our inner selves? In his last work, Professor Stephen Prickett presents a literary...  Read More >>