Literary theory books

Interdisciplinary in scope, this collection shows how transformative the study of rhythm can be across the humanities...  Read More >>

The first collection to provide an overview of the well-known psychoanalytic theory of the death drive in literary...  Read More >>

A one-of-a-kind overview of the lasting impact of mimetic theory and the extent of its interdisciplinary applications,...  Read More >>

Narrative Architecture(TM) is a discipline for understanding how meaning survives pressure. This book does not...  Read More >>

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A final work by one of our major critics, contemplating how acts of distant witnessing can continue in future generations....  Read More >>

In this daring study, Amy De'Ath develops a new type of literary criticism attuned to the wayour lives are shaped...  Read More >>

O que acontece quando tentamos guardar o inefável no bolso? Em O Valete de Quintana, a autora Laura Lucy Dias convida...  Read More >>

Everyone uses the word, usually somewhat in awe, certainly with respect; Alfred Nobel by means of his will left...  Read More >>

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Outlines British literature's relation to global empire from the 16th century to the present. Twenty-one chapters...  Read More >>

Einerseits geht es um präzise Erfassung von Einzelphänomenen wie Unzuverlässigkeit (Darstellung imaginärer Entitäten,...  Read More >>

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Realism has been disparaged for over a hundred years as an outmoded form, and, more recently, as a pernicious illusion,...  Read More >>

Outlines British literature's relation to global empire from the 16th century to the present. Twenty-one chapters...  Read More >>

This book examines truthfulness in transmedia practices, particularly in relation to scientific knowledge and the...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking volume challenges conventional scholarship by illuminating a critical blind spot in modernist...  Read More >>

A uniquely comprehensive, groundbreaking two-volume study of Loy's relationship to the human body and soul.  Read More >>

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

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First Published in 1972, The Scholar-Critic argues that it's a mistake to consider literary criticism and literary...  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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Bakhtin's Adventure: An Essay on Life without Meaning offers a bold rereading of Mikhail Bakhtin's groundbreaking...  Read More >>