Literary theory books

Engages with the life and ideas of the twelfth-century Shaiva mystic and philosopher-poet Allama Prabhu. In his...  Read More >>

The Routledge Introduction to Feminisms in Canadian Literature introduces readers to the shifting historical contexts,...  Read More >>

In this book, Victor MacGill uses the science of systems theory to explore the hidden meanings of fairy tales and...  Read More >>

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First published in 1980, Thomas Gray is a comprehensive biography of Thomas Gray together with a selection of his...  Read More >>

The English Novel in the Twentieth Century (1984) discusses 6 authors whom Dr Green saw as the most interesting...  Read More >>

Informed by semiotic theory, this comparative literary study reads the Gospel of John with Callirhoe to observe...  Read More >>

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

Offers a new understanding of doubt in Montaigne's Essais and early modern intellectual culture  Read More >>

Explore Ambrose Bierce's supernatural horror stories, a collection that showcases his mastery of the genre and influence...  Read More >>

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

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

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 >>

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 >>

The Handbook of Literary Criticism and Ethics provides a clear and comprehensible understanding of the changing...  Read More >>

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

Explores how digital epitexts surrounding contemporary novels by Michael Chabon, Jennifer Egan, Catherine Lacey,...  Read More >>

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