Literary theory books

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A sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world. Why do we look...  Read More >>

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

The Historical Poem takes up Georg Lukács's classic account of the historical novel to tell the forgotten story...  Read More >>

Surveys women writers' engagements with hysteria in Victorian and modernist literature.  Read More >>

""This book offers a new system of speculative theory and philosophy that proposes the manner in which Black people...  Read More >>

""This book offers a new system of speculative theory and philosophy that proposes the manner in which Black people...  Read More >>

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This volume traces the evolution of serial forms from antiquity to the digital age, exploring their role in literature,...  Read More >>

A sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world. Why do we look...  Read More >>

Psychoanalysis and The Lord of the Rings offers a psychoanalytical perspective on The Lord of the Rings, informed...  Read More >>

Moving beyond a cisgender, heteronormative framework, this book investigates Shakespeare’s queer legacy on Emily...  Read More >>

Silence: A Literary History traces silences over twelve centuries of English literature, from the solitary states...  Read More >>

Why do we read literature? Literature enables us to develop our judgment through observation and reflection. We...  Read More >>

This book reveals the essential elements of critical and creative thinking that drive achievement in academic, professional,...  Read More >>

Why do we read literature? Literature enables us to develop our judgment through observation and reflection. We...  Read More >>

A systematic account of the nature of fiction explaining why fictions can refer to the world and state facts about...  Read More >>

This timely monograph explores the critical, yet often overlooked, role of genre in non-traditional authorship attribution...  Read More >>

This book reveals the essential elements of critical and creative thinking that drive achievement in academic, professional,...  Read More >>

First published in 1964, Greek Tragedy and the Modern World begins with the question what is Tragedy? By examining...  Read More >>

How is literature like a game, and how are games like literature? Engagements with Literary Gaming examines the...  Read More >>

Treue – ausgerechnet mit diesem Begriff aus dem Inventar bürgerlicher Ehen und populärer Romanzen wird im Jahrhundert...  Read More >>

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