Literary theory books

Combining close reading, intellectual history and literary theory, The Autobiography Effect traces how precisely...  Read More >>

Spectrums of Representation in Shakespearean Crossdressing examines the varied types of female characters in English...  Read More >>

At once an invitation and a provocation, The Socio-Literary Imaginary represents the first collection of essays...  Read More >>

This volume addresses the issue of freedom in the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari. The essays collected in the...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion of Victorian Literature offers 45 articles by leading international scholars working with...  Read More >>

New Visibilities: Victimhood and Other Forms of Vulnerability in 21st-century Fiction (eds. Jean-Michel Ganteau...  Read More >>

Nordic Literature of Decadence discusses literature from five Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland...  Read More >>

A focused and comprehensible guide that empowers students to become better readers and, thus, better writers by...  Read More >>

Frances Sheridan’s Eugenia and Adelaide is an astonishing first novel of parental tyranny, infidelity, kidnap, and...  Read More >>

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The Progress of Fun considers principally the case of W.S. Gilbert, challenging the frequently held view that he...  Read More >>

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This volume contributes to the transnational interpretation of...  Read More >>

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Although Habermas has written about the cultural role of literature and about literary works, he has not systematically...  Read More >>

What happens when fashionable forms of unserious speech prove to be contagious, when they adulterate and weaken...  Read More >>

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This book enters a new liminal space between the LGBTQ and denominational Christian communities. It simultaneously...  Read More >>

The philosophical significance of Maurice Blanchot’s writings has rarely been in doubt. Specifying the nature and...  Read More >>

This volume examines the ways in which multilingual women authors incorporate several languages into their life...  Read More >>

Ecofictions, Ecorealities and Slow Violence in Latin America and the Latinx World brings together critical studies...  Read More >>

Fieldwork of Empire, 1840-1900: Intercultural Dynamics in the Production of British Expeditionary Literature examines...  Read More >>

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