Literary theory books

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This book brings together several major essays on foundational topics of narrative studies and the theory of fictionality...  Read More >>

Dissects the benefits and limitations of Materialist theory for works of art. Charles Altieri argues that while...  Read More >>

This collection explores Gissing’s place in the narrative of fin-de-siècle literature. Together, chapters here theorise...  Read More >>

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While Faulkner’s Ethics does not claim that Faulkner read Sidgwick’s work, this book traces Faulkner’s moral sensitivity....  Read More >>

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Animals, Museum Culture and Children’s Literature in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Curious Beasties explores the relationship...  Read More >>

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Cultural Studies of Drink. Drink, Alcohol and the Work of Cultural Representation. Alcohol (ab)use as a means of...  Read More >>

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Geomythology provides an accessible, engaging overview of this hybrid discipline. The book thus constitutes a valuable...  Read More >>

This clear and engaging introduction is the first book to assess the ideas of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian-British...  Read More >>

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A new account of Elizabethan diplomacy with an original archival foundation, this book examines the world of letters...  Read More >>

This is a ground-breaking work that offers a new explanation of the power and popularity of literary fictional texts....  Read More >>

The papers in this book, covering a wide range of themes such as history, globalisation, colonialism, trauma, ecology,...  Read More >>

In city literature, ideas of possibility emerge primarily through two perspectives: texts may focus on what is possible...  Read More >>

Antitheory has long been a venerable brand of theory and – although seemingly opposite – the two impulses have long...  Read More >>

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