Literary theory books

The book examines prominent literary works from the past two decades by Russian women writers dealing with the Soviet...  Read More >>

This book is an exploration of the viability of applying the post structuralist theory of intertextuality to early...  Read More >>

Ocean as Method presents a new way of thinking about the humanities and the social sciences. It explores maritime...  Read More >>

A dream of a better world is a powerful human force that inspires activists, artists, and citizens alike. In this...  Read More >>

"""A cultural and philosophical exploration of the art, science, and business of perfume""--"  Read More >>

"""A collection of fresh interventions into the field of monster studies that brings into conversation a wide variety...  Read More >>

"""This interdisciplinary collection explores the many ways in which Bruno Latour's relational philosophy enables...  Read More >>

As our ideas of the human have come under increasing challenges – from technological change, from medical advances,...  Read More >>

This book is for literary scholars working across a range of periods who are interested in the ways in which literature...  Read More >>

In this book, Keith Williams explores Victorian culture's emergent 'cinematicity' as a key creative driver of Joyce's...  Read More >>

Reading a century of American poetry through the prism of short form, this book analyses the centrality of an aesthetic...  Read More >>

Virginia Woolf's Influential Forebears reveals under-acknowledged nineteenth-century legacies which shaped Woolf...  Read More >>

Energy, Ecocriticism, and Nineteenth-Century Fiction: Novel Ecologies draws on energy concepts to revisit some of...  Read More >>

Parts of this book were previously published in 'Critical Inquiry'.  Read More >>

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Fog,...  Read More >>

""A profound and entertaining new work on contemporary narrative in film and literature from celebrated literary...  Read More >>

This book introduces students to the field of climate and literature while offering seasoned scholars novel ways...  Read More >>

Contemporary French Environmental Thought in the Post-COVID-19 Era is focused on the fields of biosemiotics, linguistics,...  Read More >>

A timely and much-needed critical examination of the idea of musical subjectivity, this book draws on philosophy,...  Read More >>

This book introduces students to the field of climate and literature while offering seasoned scholars novel ways...  Read More >>

"""A profound and entertaining new work on contemporary narrative in film and literature from celebrated literary...  Read More >>

A reading of Theory that in tracing when and where Theory arises in the event of reading, proposes how Theory might...  Read More >>

This is a crucial guide to the ways in which new, interdisciplinary understandings of emotion and affect - in fields...  Read More >>

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