Literary theory books

This state-of-the-field collection systematically explores the transcultural, transgenerational, transmedial, and...  Read More >>

This book is the first collection of critical essays on Hilda Hilst (1930-2004) published in English. Nine essays...  Read More >>

Literary Studies Deconstructed critiques the state of Literary Studies in the modern university and argues for its...  Read More >>

The first part, Treating Fear, examines fear in medical history, and draws from theology, medicine, philosophy,...  Read More >>

Starting with Walter Benjamin's idea of 'reception in a state of distraction' and looking briefly at some antecedents...  Read More >>

Outraged and Amazed focuses on how Absalom, Absalom!'s complex narrative functions as a vehicle through which social...  Read More >>

Choreographies of the Living explores the shift from viewing art as an exclusively human undertaking to recognizing...  Read More >>

Starting with Walter Benjamin's idea of 'reception in a state of distraction' and looking briefly at some antecedents...  Read More >>

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Focusing on war and ecology, a neglected topic in early modern ecocriticism, Bestial Oblivion: War, Humanism, and...  Read More >>

The current revival of interest in ethics in literary criticism coincides fortuitously with a revival of interest...  Read More >>

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Considering Rand’s influence from a cultural, political, technological, and economic perspective, this study throws...  Read More >>

In this landmark book, leading international scholars from North America, Europe and the UK offer a sustained critical...  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between Thomas Hardy’s works and Victorian media and technologies of communication...  Read More >>

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The Ruins of Urban Modernity examines Thomas Pynchon's 2006 novel Against the Day through the critical lens of urban...  Read More >>

Does the Internet Have an Unconscious? is both an introduction to the work of Slavoj Žižek and an investigation...  Read More >>

The Pictorial Third: An Essay into Intermedial Criticism examines the extent to which poetry intertwines with painting...  Read More >>

This work defends two main theses. First, modern Western pornographic fiction functions as a self-deceptive vehicle...  Read More >>

A distinguished poet and essayist and one of the finest writers of short stories in world letters, Jorge Luis Borges...  Read More >>

Queer Communism and the Ministry of Loveseeks to transform current narratives of midcentury literary, cultural,...  Read More >>

This edited volume is the first extensive exploration of the value for literary studies of the model of communication...  Read More >>

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Mari Ruti combines theoretical reflection, cultural critique, feminist politics, and personal anecdotes to analyze...  Read More >>