Literary theory books

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

Studies Taylor Swift's lyrics in relation to the ""literary,"" expanding the critical discourse surrounding Swift...  Read More >>

Extends the field of translation studies and theory by examining three radical science-fiction treatments of translation,...  Read More >>

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

In recent decades, digital scholarly editions have gained prominence, the shift from print to digital demands not...  Read More >>

It's difficult to name a question more contentious than the question of credentialing for academic librarians. This...  Read More >>

Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative. This book examines joy...  Read More >>

This volume puts stories and theory about prison in conversation, following five metaphors through mass incarceration:...  Read More >>

As writing and language teachers, we recognize the difference immediately; an event has occurred, and a new subject...  Read More >>

The first systemic analysis of time travel as a narrative device in literature and pop culture, drawing on readings...  Read More >>

This volume puts stories and theory about prison in conversation, following five metaphors through mass incarceration:...  Read More >>

This book theorizes the slave ship as a unique site for the imaginative and material convergence of abolitionism...  Read More >>

The first systemic analysis of time travel as a narrative device in literature and pop culture, drawing on readings...  Read More >>

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Hay heridas que no aparecen en los mapas. Heridas que no entienden de fronteras, idiomas ni culturas. Heridas que...  Read More >>

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

Capital, like capital, is a self-begetting production machine whose fungibility as a form is one and the same with...  Read More >>

By tracing Shakespearean threads throughout Nabokov's intricate narrative structure, this study offers new insights...  Read More >>

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

This volume is a groundbreaking reorientation of India's cultural history that explores postcolonial cultural memory...  Read More >>

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