Literary theory books

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 >>

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

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 >>

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

This monograph presents a general perspective on the art of literature. It is a central thought in the book that...  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 >>

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 book focuses on minor characters in fiction, primarily nameless and unimportant figures found within medieval...  Read More >>

Draws on theories of Marxism, feminism and the biopolitics of affect to investigate the psycho-dynamic properties...  Read More >>

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

Advances our understanding of the literary legacy of contemporary ecological crises to investigate the interfaces...  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 is a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines the overlooked cross-pollination between Fin-de-siècle...  Read More >>

The book offers the first comprehensive analysis of Vladimir Nabokov’s self-translated poetry, examining texts from...  Read More >>

Given the enormous interest in the religious and cultural figure of Rama, this book analyzes key classical texts...  Read More >>