Literary theory books

In this new edition of The Historical Novel, Jerome de Groot charts the evolution of one of literature's most beloved...  Read More >>

¿Cómo leer la propia alma a través de la ""piel"" del texto? En Text-First (o de la alfabetización del alma), André...  Read More >>

Como ler a própria alma através da pele do texto? Em Text First (ou da Alfabetização da Alma), André Boniatti apresenta...  Read More >>

Challenges prevailing accounts of the novel's rise to reveal how changing concepts of fictionality have shaped the...  Read More >>

This book reinvents aspects of the rhetorical tradition as part of a philosophical pluralism oriented to “All-in-Allness”....  Read More >>

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 >>

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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Shakespeare and Identity in a Divided World examines some of the most pressing issues about identity and so-called...  Read More >>

Это не просто очередная ламентация по поводу «измов» и канонов. Книга исследует взаимодействие литературы с этикой:...  Read More >>

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 >>

Shakespeare and Identity in a Divided World examines some of the most pressing issues about identity and so-called...  Read More >>

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 >>

Investigates how experimental uses of fictionality on digital platforms transform public storytelling, playing with...  Read More >>