Literary theory books

The first-ever exploration of the curious life of Stefan Rafael Benjamin, Walter Benjamin's only son. Walter Benjamin's...  Read More >>

Questioning the principal distinction between literary modernism and other genres/movements/styles, authors read...  Read More >>

New essays on early Greek natural philosopher Parmenides, who is perhaps the originator of metaphysics.  Read More >>

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The first-ever exploration of the curious life of Stefan Rafael Benjamin, Walter Benjamin's only son. Walter Benjamin's...  Read More >>

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First published in 1971, Livy is a collection of essays that deals with Livy’s work and its influence on the scholarship...  Read More >>

""Umstände erzählen"" untersucht das Verhältnis kasuistischer und poetischer Verfahren in der Frühen Neuzeit. Anhand...  Read More >>

This book explores the relationship between tragedy and the justice that is sought in moral philosophy and the law....  Read More >>

Scopri il Pervigilium Veneris, antico poemetto latino anonimo celebrato per la sua bellezza, melodia e valore letterario,...  Read More >>

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The first Companion to comprehensively analyse millennial fiction.  Read More >>

The ideas of these authors, as well as Paul de Man’s and Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s analyses of subject-constitution,...  Read More >>

We tend to think of ourselves using language. What if we thought instead about language working on us, or about...  Read More >>

The aim of this Element is to forge new conceptual tools to give more ecological power to the human imagination....  Read More >>

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Law and Literature presents an accessible new study of the many ways in which law and literature interact by providing...  Read More >>

The aim of this Element is to forge new conceptual tools to give more ecological power to the human imagination....  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Ecopoetics offers a comprehensive coverage of the vital and growing movement of ecopoetics,...  Read More >>

How do writers and artists represent the climate catastrophe so that their works stir audiences to political action?...  Read More >>

This book examines the metanarratives promoted by the state that determine the ideological framework and how these...  Read More >>

This book documents the findings of a one-year research project engaging the children’s publishing sector for feedback...  Read More >>

The Ambivalent Detective in Victorian Sensation Novels studies how the detective as a literary character evolved...  Read More >>

Comparing Lawrence’s texts to various major and minor contemporary novels, journal articles, political pamphlets...  Read More >>

This edited volume aims to reposition intertextuality in relation to recent trends in critical practice. Inspired...  Read More >>