Literary theory books

Bakhtin's Adventure: An Essay on Life without Meaning offers a bold rereading of Mikhail Bakhtin's groundbreaking...  Read More >>

""This book offers a new system of speculative theory and philosophy that proposes the manner in which Black people...  Read More >>

Explores and illuminates the impact of French theorist, writer, and critic Hélène Cixous on our understanding of...  Read More >>

This volume traces the evolution of serial forms from antiquity to the digital age, exploring their role in literature,...  Read More >>

Humor and the novel both belong, in important ways, to the nineteenth century. It is in the nineteenth-century that...  Read More >>

Kim Godal's fiction emerges as a sustained inquiry into how sacred texts are read, repurposed, and weaponized within...  Read More >>

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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 >>

What happens when strangers meet in film? The Cinema of Converging Lives explores a group of films within an important...  Read More >>

Reading Words into Worlds asks: how can reading a novel make us feel as if we are living in a world? The book argues...  Read More >>

In the desolate heart of Veridian, where ancient grudges cast long shadows and secrets fester like unhealed wounds,...  Read More >>

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De Renan au Sillon. Joseph Malègue: horizons intellectuels de l'oeuvre permet de cerner les horizons intellectuels...  Read More >>

Why do novelists write about themselves? What modes do novelists use to manipulate representations of their personality?...  Read More >>

Queer Narratives in Contemporary American Comics: Gutter Smut provides timely cultural criticism of both fiction...  Read More >>

line-height: 115%;"">This book reframes trauma as not just a response to violence but a structural condition of...  Read More >>

Angela Carter Translator and Translated situates the British writer Angela Carter within a global framework by documenting...  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 >>

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

First published in 1979, Landor as Critic examines Walter Savage Landor’s critical writings, showcasing his literary...  Read More >>

Basic Writing in the 21st Century is a comprehensive, cutting-edge survey of basic writing, developmental writing,...  Read More >>

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Offers a unique look at the charged relationships between contemporary fiction and self-help culture. It explores...  Read More >>

Basic Writing in the 21st Century is a comprehensive, cutting-edge survey of basic writing, developmental writing,...  Read More >>