Literary theory books

Das Handbuch dokumentiert den Stand der Idyllenforschung und zeigt neue Wege auf, um die ‚Idylle‘ und das ‚Idyllische‘...  Read More >>

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With typical rhetorical flourish and beholden to paradox, Roland Barthes defines his work on 'myth' as an attempt...  Read More >>

The novel since the nineteenth century has displayed a thorny ambivalence toward the morality of procreation. This...  Read More >>

"""Through memoir, historical research, and cultural criticism, Stroller explores what this ubiquitous baby equipment...  Read More >>

"""An examination of dolls and how they model an idealized feminine self, instructing girls what to strive for,...  Read More >>

"""The Racist Fantasy lays out the fundamental fantasy structure that underlies a racist psyche as it develops in...  Read More >>

This Companion, written by a diverse group of scholars for an audience of students and professors, considers the...  Read More >>

""Sewers are a mirror to the world above, at a time when our behaviors are drastically reshaping the environment...  Read More >>

Probing reassessment of the relation between Celan's poetry and Heidegger's thought.  Read More >>

"""The Racist Fantasy lays out the fundamental fantasy structure that underlies a racist psyche as it develops in...  Read More >>

This Companion, written by a diverse group of scholars for an audience of students and professors, considers the...  Read More >>

""An analysis of the development and range of Adorno's aesthetics, incorporating the influence of other thinkers...  Read More >>

Although Mikhail Bakhtin’s study of the novel does not focus in any systematic way on the role that translation...  Read More >>

Does the Devil lie at the heart of the creative process? In The Devil as Muse, Fred Parker offers an entirely fresh...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1990, Dictionary of Riddles is a collection of nearly 1500 riddles from history. The book...  Read More >>

Global Elements in Chinese Literature illustrates how modern Chinese writers have assimilated and transformed key...  Read More >>

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The Stuttering Son: A Literary Study of Boys and Their Fathers examines stuttering, a condition which overwhelmingly...  Read More >>

This book analyses the gender roles and political contexts of spy fiction narratives published during the years...  Read More >>

This book mainly addresses the position, function, influence, and values of folk oral literature in the history...  Read More >>

Postcolonial Fiction and Colonial Timereveals the fundamental, constitutive role of the temporal dimensions of waiting...  Read More >>

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