Literary theory books

The book includes contributions on the importance of the German model and its influence on Romanian language, literature,...  Read More >>

Matthew Omelsky theorizes the embodied experience of time in twentieth- and twenty-first-century black art to outline...  Read More >>

Matthew Omelsky theorizes the embodied experience of time in twentieth- and twenty-first-century black art to outline...  Read More >>

Although it is often described as an essentially conservative form, detective fiction can unsettle the binary of...  Read More >>

This book takes the ground-breaking work of Lee Edelman in queer theory and for the first time demonstrates its...  Read More >>

These stories, their creators, and their preservation have inspired wonder and an endless appetite for historical...  Read More >>

A defense and celebration of the discipline of literary studies and its most distinctive practice—close reading....  Read More >>

Reconsiders the figure of synaesthesia, understood as the combination of the senses and of the arts, in philosophy...  Read More >>

This volume provides a comparative investigation into concepts of the abyss in fourteen ancient and contemporary...  Read More >>

A defense and celebration of the discipline of literary studies and its most distinctive practice—close reading....  Read More >>

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A convenient source of critical commentary on the careers and works of acclaimed authors who died between 1800 and...  Read More >>

This book approaches the fundamental topic of testimony, seeking to recognize its value as a distinct and vital...  Read More >>

In der ersten Hälfte des 19. Das bislang in der Forschung weitgehend marginalisierte Genre der Erinnerungslyrik...  Read More >>

This handbook provides an extensive overview of traditional and emerging research areas within the field of intermediality...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1979, the central focus of this study is the concept of culture as employed by English literary...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1981, this book examines why and how textual difficulty became a norm of modernist literature...  Read More >>

This book approaches the fundamental topic of testimony, seeking to recognize its value as a distinct and vital...  Read More >>

This book will be a key resource for readers interested in one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of...  Read More >>

British colonialism provided a rich vein of material for the novelists of the first half of the 20th century. This...  Read More >>

Realism seems to be everywhere, both as a trending critical term and as a revitalized aesthetic practice. This volume...  Read More >>

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First published in 1965, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff is the first book about the great German poetess of the early...  Read More >>

Develops a literary-philosophical account of 'conversation' that reframes core concerns in contemporary ethics,...  Read More >>