Literary theory books

Most likely written between 170 and 180, Meditations is a remarkable work, a unique insight into one of the most...  Read More >>

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Considered the father of the philosophical movement known as Christian existentialism, which focuses on the living...  Read More >>

Carson’s 1962 work Silent Spring was one of the first books ever to highlight environmentalist issues.  Read More >>

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Classical economics suggests that market economies are self-correcting in times of recession or depression, and...  Read More >>

Our Ecological Footprint presents a powerful model for measuring humanity’s impact on the Earth to reduce the harm...  Read More >>

Considered his most important work, Mahbub ul Haq’s Reflections on Human Development appeared at the end of his...  Read More >>

Do we need religion to be good people? When Immanuel Kant tackled this question in 1793, he produced a book that...  Read More >>

Turner’s much-anthologized 1893 essay argues that the vast western frontier shaped the modern American character—and...  Read More >>

An important Marxist work, Prison Notebooks (1948) argues that we must understand societies both in terms of their...  Read More >>

Though nearly 1500 years old, The Rule of St. Benedict remains one of the most influential texts in the Western...  Read More >>

How does a state control its citizens? Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish answers this question by investigating...  Read More >>

When Manias, Panics, and Crashes was published (1978), the world was entering a new period of global economic turbulence....  Read More >>

Written around 397, Confessions is one of the most referenced works in the Western literary tradition. The initial...  Read More >>

Much of what we now know about the influence of early childhood environments on delinquency and anti-social behavior...  Read More >>

Published in 1651, Leviathan examines where kings get their authority to rule and what they must, in turn, do for...  Read More >>

Some people imagine that nationhood is as old as civilization itself, but Anderson argues that “nation” and “nationalism”...  Read More >>

Hegel’s 1807 Phenomenology of Spirit is renowned for being one of the most challenging and important books in Western...  Read More >>

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This book is composed of two parts. Part One studies the development of literary theories in contemporary China...  Read More >>

The Scaffolding of Sovereignty deploys a comparative and theoretically rich conception of sovereignty to reconsider...  Read More >>

This book explores the voices of nonhuman things in Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture, making a valuable...  Read More >>

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