Literary theory books

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 >>

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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The Handbook of Literary Criticism and Ethics provides a clear and comprehensible understanding of the changing...  Read More >>

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

Are you tired of feeling misunderstood, defensive, or drained by critical remarks? Does the constant hum of judgment,...  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 >>

Originally published in 1963, this is a study of the greatness of Dante, Michelangelo and Milton, and of the differences...  Read More >>

Although 1660 to some extent marks a turning point, this comprehensive book (originally published in 1992) demonstrates...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1956, this study of Spenser’s poetry shows how the conceptions of his earlier work in visions...  Read More >>

First published in 1989, Living Space in Fact and Fiction explores the house both in the ‘real’ world of the architect...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, Political Stylistics is a way of studying the formal properties of texts based on the principle...  Read More >>

In this book, originally published in 1982, Blake Morrison identifies the central characteristics of his achievement,...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1989, The Origins of Literary Studies in America brings together for the first time hard-to-find...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, The Inward Gaze looks at men’s fantasies and self-images from a wide range of texts (notably...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1985, this study provides a clear and intelligent introduction to the work of the former...  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 >>