Literary theory books

The first book-length treatment of Joyce and hospitality  Read More >>

Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Timereveals the fundamental, constitutive role of the temporal dimensions of waiting...  Read More >>

Provides a road map for negotiating the tensions between the text and the world in our reading practices  Read More >>

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Contemporary Approaches to Mesopotamian Literature: How to Tell a Story lays theoretical and methodological groundwork...  Read More >>

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This book offers a theory of ekphrasis—the literary description of an artwork—from the perspective of Visual Culture...  Read More >>

ENG Ever since Karl Jaspers's ""axial age"" paradigm, there have been a number of influential studies comparing...  Read More >>

Este volumen ofrece una serie de 23 trabajos que analizan, desde la Semiótica, el espacio como categoría de construcción...  Read More >>

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This book introduces Chinese creative writing to the English-speaking world, considering various aspects of literary...  Read More >>

The Routledge Introduction to the American Novel provides a comprehensive and engaging guide to this cornerstone...  Read More >>

How has Europe shaped British literature and culture – and vice versa – since the Middle Ages? This volume discusses...  Read More >>

Recovering Police Legitimacy challenges conventional criminological, political, and public solutions to the problem...  Read More >>

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This book examines the metanarratives promoted by the state that determine the ideological framework and how these...  Read More >>

Demonstrates the limits of narratology in understanding ancient texts and forges a new approach that investigates...  Read More >>

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Can ignorance, mistake, failure shape ways of reading, or do they disrupt its proper practice? What happens when...  Read More >>

Recovering Police Legitimacy challenges conventional criminological, political, and public solutions to the problem...  Read More >>

Jennifer C. Nash examines how Black feminists have turned to beautiful writing as the voice that allows readers...  Read More >>

Commonly used as a rallying cry for general approaches to literary studies, the imagination has until recently been...  Read More >>

Jennifer C. Nash examines how Black feminists have turned to beautiful writing as the voice that allows readers...  Read More >>

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This book critically analyses classical Indian literature and explores the philosophical, literary, and cultural...  Read More >>