Literary theory books

A comprehensive account of all major trends in Russian interwar literary theory and its wider impact in our post-deconstruction...  Read More >>

An essay first published in 1893 by the American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy...  Read More >>

Das Vorhaben des Verfassers ist es, in einer zweiteiligen Untersuchung einen Überblick zu vermitteln über die Literaturgeschichte...  Read More >>

This book examines the powerful role of writing in society. The invention of writing, independently at various places...  Read More >>

Building on recent critical work, this volume offers a comprehensive consideration of the nature and forms of medieval...  Read More >>

Engaging with the wide sociological literature on emotions, this book explores the social representation of emotions,...  Read More >>

The Comic Event approaches comedy as dynamic phenomenon that involves the gathering of elements of performance,...  Read More >>

Mexican Literature in Theory is the first book in any language to engage post-independence Mexican literature from...  Read More >>

Through a wide-ranging selection of essays representing a variety of different media, national contexts and critical...  Read More >>

Examines the position of Dutch literature within world literature: how it refracts major literary traditions as...  Read More >>

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This volume explores how disability is seen, written about, read and understood through literature and translation....  Read More >>

Byron, Hunt, and the Politics of Literary Engagement is the first full-length study of the friendship and literary...  Read More >>

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the intimate relationship between literature and psychoanalysis....  Read More >>

The Victorian Novel Dreams of the Real presents a new interpretation of the Victorian realist novel based on realism's...  Read More >>

This monograph uses deconstruction—a philosophical movement originated by Jacques Derrida—to read the most authoritative...  Read More >>

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Artists and critics explore the concept of Real Abstraction to help understand contemporary cultural production....  Read More >>

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Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction: Freud's Psychic Apparatus demonstrates the relevance of deconstructive thinking...  Read More >>

Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction: Freud's Psychic Apparatus demonstrates the relevance of deconstructive thinking...  Read More >>

Spaces of Longing and Belonging contains theoretical and interpretative studies of spatiality centered on a variety...  Read More >>

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