Literary theory books

How can social critique respond to a catastrophic world? From Emerson to Adorno, a tradition of radical social critique...  Read More >>

This book unveils the latest trends and developments in Asian creative writing, serving as a vital resource for...  Read More >>

Jackie Kay: Critical Essays offers the first full-length critical study of Jackie Kay’s work. It brings together...  Read More >>

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This volume provides a timely contribution to the ongoing conversation on the agency of matter in environmental...  Read More >>

How can social critique respond to a catastrophic world? From Emerson to Adorno, a tradition of radical social critique...  Read More >>

Jackie Kay: Critical Essays offers the first full-length critical study of Jackie Kay’s work. It brings together...  Read More >>

Will appeal to all readers interested in the ecological power of literature. Views fiction as a sensing instrument...  Read More >>

This volume illustrates Asian speculative fiction's potential to interrogate and inspire humanity's ecological and...  Read More >>

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An intimate archive emptied and overwritten by a fear of words, a book of mingled fates The poems of Our Prediction...  Read More >>

This book attempts to provide a basic theory for all narratives, in order to shake narratology off its age-long...  Read More >>

Argues that literature has a special role to play in developing a wishful, visionary, and utopian sensibility for...  Read More >>

Considers how Joseph Conrad's works engage with silence  Read More >>

First published in 1979, Landor as Critic examines Walter Savage Landor’s critical writings, showcasing his literary...  Read More >>

Theorizes the development of a minimalist mode in American fiction since 1970, frequently seen to interrogate US...  Read More >>

A writer-activist explores the hidden dynamics between planet, politics, and stories as literature bears witness...  Read More >>

This book considers the significance of the filial relationship to the graphic narrative oeuvres of Art Spiegelman...  Read More >>

What kind of a playwright comes into being when an avant-garde poet moves on to write Christian popular theatre,...  Read More >>

In this fascinating and innovative book, Rina Dudai looks at Holocaust trauma through the lens of poetic testimony:...  Read More >>

Adapting The Tempest: Explorations in Ecophenomenology examines five female-authored novelizations of The Tempest,...  Read More >>

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