Literary theory books

Draws on theories of Marxism, feminism and the biopolitics of affect to investigate the psycho-dynamic properties...  Read More >>

Considers the emotional and relational implications of portrait photographs for three modernist writers  Read More >>

Contends that the twentieth century novel's approach to character fundamentally shifted in response to contemporaneous...  Read More >>

A uniquely comprehensive two-volume study of Mina Loy's relationship to the human body and soul  Read More >>

Advances our understanding of the literary legacy of contemporary ecological crises to investigate the interfaces...  Read More >>

A uniquely comprehensive, groundbreaking two-volume study of Loy's relationship to the human body and soul.  Read More >>

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This interdisciplinary volume asserts the ongoing and changing role of religion in Irish culture. Offering new perspectives...  Read More >>

Explores and illuminates the impact of French theorist, writer, and critic Hélène Cixous on our understanding of...  Read More >>

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Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential...  Read More >>

Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential...  Read More >>

Weaving together personal narrative and cultural history, Snack examines how this seemingly trivial food category...  Read More >>

Brochures, billboards, websites, menus, and memes. We are immersed every day in the imagery of carefully-curated...  Read More >>

This volume brings together a rich constellation of scholarly voices that interrogate language not merely as a medium...  Read More >>

How do we define plagiarism in literature? In this wide-ranging study, Muhsin J. al-Musawi examines debates surrounding...  Read More >>

This book is the first sustained analysis of travel narratives from one of the most important US writers of the...  Read More >>

Scholars, students and general readers of J. M. Coetzee's novels will find this book a fascinating guide to one...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1963, this is a study of the greatness of Dante, Michelangelo and Milton, and of the differences...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, A. E. Housman brings together significant critical response to the poetry of A.E. Housman...  Read More >>

First published in 1978, Beckett examines the plays of Beckett in the order in which they were written. The book...  Read More >>

In A Shaping Joy (originally published in 1971), Cleanth Brooks writes about modern literature and the criticism...  Read More >>

Although 1660 to some extent marks a turning point, this comprehensive book (originally published in 1992) demonstrates...  Read More >>

First published in 1979, Texts and Contexts identifies those classics of Roman literature which deserve to survive...  Read More >>