Literary theory books

The first book to explore the representation of reading and its often deleterious consequences in modern fiction...  Read More >>

Extends the body of scholarship on Comic Gothic to cover contemporary texts, new media and texts from other cultures...  Read More >>

Establishes Elizabeth von Arnim as an important figure in literary modernism.  Read More >>

Explores how espionage fiction captures the most significant political conflicts and crises of the last hundred...  Read More >>

Examines the scene of reading in modernism, psychoanalysis and popular novels from the early twentieth century  Read More >>

Umberto Eco is popularly known for his best-selling novel, The Name of the Rose. This was a quintessential postmodernist...  Read More >>

Provides a comprehensive overview of the essay, with a focus on current debates about the form.  Read More >>

Examines the narrative articulation of social invisibility in works by two of the most influential Italian cultural...  Read More >>

This edited volume explores the representation of human-wildlife conflict in Indian literary texts, and offers a...  Read More >>

First Published in 1972, The Scholar-Critic argues that it's a mistake to consider literary criticism and literary...  Read More >>

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The first cross-historical study of the relationship between methods of close reading and discourses on attention....  Read More >>

In this illuminating book, Clint Burnham invites the reader to consider humanity's relationship with the world around...  Read More >>

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A fascinating guide to Franco Moretti's literary criticism  Read More >>

This updated edition explores the birth of psychoanalysis alongside fundamental psychoanalytic concepts. It discusses...  Read More >>

This volume provides a critical analysis of Irish literature and the timely appraisal of contemporary developments...  Read More >>

This book explores the complexities of literature in conflict zones and how storytelling conveys traumatic memories...  Read More >>

Uses case studies from 20th-century German literature and theory to explore the material, social, economic, and...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Literature and Art explores the links between literature and art from classical ekphrasis...  Read More >>

Silent Film Adaptations of Novels by British and American Women Writers, 1903-1929 focuses on fifty-three silent...  Read More >>

Commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of Paul Gilroy’s seminal text, The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double...  Read More >>

New directions in queer theory continue to trouble the boundaries of both queerness and the classical, leading to...  Read More >>

This book brings together essays that ask how one may chart more productive engagements with the methodological...  Read More >>