Literary theory books

""Focusing on ten key writers and scholars who either passionately loved or gleefully loathed Freud, this book represents...  Read More >>

This cross-cultural study explores and redefines what philosophy, philosophizing, and philosophers are through the...  Read More >>

A critical assessment by leading scholars on the relationship between music and the life’s work of Stanley Cavell....  Read More >>

Analyzing the stylistic innovations most characteristic in pivotal works of literary realism, Prosaic Times shows...  Read More >>

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

Published after the fall of Communism, this is one of Derrida's most prophetic books. This Routledge Classics edition...  Read More >>

A bold, dialectic engagement with Fredric Jameson's thought Fredric Jameson (19342024) is widely regarded as the...  Read More >>

Published after the fall of Communism, this is one of Derrida's most prophetic books. This Routledge Classics edition...  Read More >>

Reading the Racial Encounter engages constructions of race through the analysis of scenes of meeting or encounter...  Read More >>

How did book reviews shape the fate of novels and their authors during the height of women's literary influence?...  Read More >>

Through close readings of comics from a range of genres, this book uses the narratological concept of focalization...  Read More >>

""The Novel Experience makes a plea and offers a methodology for reclaiming and recentering the reading experience...  Read More >>

Against an African, African American, and the 1960s Civil Rights Movement's backdrop, this book examines six African...  Read More >>

A bold, dialectic engagement with Fredric Jameson's thought Fredric Jameson (19342024) is widely regarded as the...  Read More >>

We use avatars to play videogames. We use pseudonyms on social media. We use VPNs to mask our identities and activities....  Read More >>

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Everyday I Read and Learn: Simple Ways to Get Addicted to Reading and Learning How to Learn is your ultimate guide...  Read More >>

""The Novel Experience makes a plea and offers a methodology for reclaiming and recentering the reading experience...  Read More >>

Urban Informality and Narrative Form brings together literary analysis and spatial planning theory in an interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

This book takes a literary geographical approach to the study of folklore, exploring the complex relationships between...  Read More >>

Urban Informality and Narrative Form brings together literary analysis and spatial planning theory in an interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Willa Cather's novels do not behave like other novels. Indeed, her art is famously uncategorizable. She is not much...  Read More >>

The way in which the spectator responds to the song and how narrative, lyrics, music, mise-en-scenes, all come together...  Read More >>

Non autrici né attrici, certo protagoniste. Le donne: protagoniste della tragedia e, attraverso loro, protagonista...  Read More >>

Considering poetry, narrative, and performances from diverse oral societies and the earliest scribal cultures, Ethics...  Read More >>