Literary theory books

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Tempus: The World of Discussion and the World of Narration

Tempus: The World of Discussion and the World of Narration...

Author: Herald Weinrich ,  Jane K. Brown
ISBN: 9781531503338
Format: Hardback
$257.99

Tempus studies tense uses, ancient and modern, in great literature and everyday life and in all the major languages...  Read More >>

Criminal Genius in African American and Us Literature, 1793-1845

Criminal Genius in African American and Us Literature,...

Author: Erin Forbes
ISBN: 9781421443751
Format: Hardback
$224.00

"""An investigation on how the development of conceptions of genius relate to struggles over enslavement and carceral...  Read More >>

Reading Drama in Eighteenth-Century France

Reading Drama in Eighteenth-Century France

Author: Thomas Wynn (Professor of French, Professor of French, Durham University)
ISBN: 9780198895329
Format: Hardback
$188.95

Thomas Wynn explores how plays were read in eighteenth-century France and, relatedly, the mode of closet drama:...  Read More >>

Writing Maternity: Medicine, Anxiety, Rhetoric, and Genre

Writing Maternity: Medicine, Anxiety, Rhetoric, and...

Author: Dara Rossman Regaignon
ISBN: 9780814257890
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Traces the rhetorical origins of maternal anxiety in Victorian literature, bringing uptake and genre ecology into...  Read More >>

Beyond Words: Philosophy, Fiction, and the Unsayable

Beyond Words: Philosophy, Fiction, and the Unsayable...

Author: Timothy Cleveland
ISBN: 9781793614865
Format: Paperback
$67.99

Beyond Words argues that some works of fiction and poetry are especially, perhaps even best, suited to expanding...  Read More >>

The Spirit of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics

The Spirit of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics

Author: Zhixiang Qi
ISBN: 9789819987900
Format: Hardback
$316.77

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A Course in Cyborg Semiotics

A Course in Cyborg Semiotics

Author: Mick Howard
ISBN: 9781793626851
Format: Hardback
$169.00

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Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

Author: Paula Byrne
ISBN: 9780008322267
Format: Paperback
$37.99

A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER 'He...  Read More >>

Gottfried Keller – Spielräume der Phantasie

Gottfried Keller – Spielräume der Phantasie

Author: Ursula Amrein
ISBN: 9783476059826
Format: Paperback
$131.97

Die in diesem Band versammelten Beiträge zeigen Keller als einzigartigen Erzähler, richten den Blick auf Texte aus...  Read More >>

Book One

Book One

Author: Sharmistha Mohanty
ISBN: 9789357769488
Format: Paperback
$35.50

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Queer Methodology for Photography

Queer Methodology for Photography

Author: Asa Johannesson (University of Brighton, UK)
ISBN: 9781032285375
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This volume presents new ways of approaching photographic discourse from a queer perspective, offering discussions...  Read More >>

Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

Author: Paula Byrne
ISBN: 9780008322250
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER 'He...  Read More >>

Shakespeare on the Ecological Surface

Shakespeare on the Ecological Surface

Author: Liz Oakley-Brown
ISBN: 9780367345860
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Shakespeare on the Ecological Surface uses the concept of the ‘surface’ to examine the relationship between contemporary...  Read More >>

Paratopia: Literature as Discourse

Paratopia: Literature as Discourse

Author: Dominique Maingueneau
ISBN: 9783031509698
Format: Hardback
$90.54

It will be of interest to students and scholars in literary studies, discourse studies (discourse theory and discourse...  Read More >>

Imposing Fictions: Subversive Literature and the Imperative of Authenticity

Imposing Fictions: Subversive Literature and the Imperative...

Author: Thomas Phillips
ISBN: 9781680535358
Format: Hardback
$236.50

"Advocating for subversive literature's capacity to impose itself on cultural and psychological preconceptions that...  Read More >>

Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art

Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature...

Author: Julia Kristeva ,  Leon Roudiez
ISBN: 9780231214551
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Desire in Language traces the path of an investigation into the semiotics of literature and the arts. Julia Kristeva...  Read More >>

Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism

Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism

Author: Anna Kornbluh
ISBN: 9781804291344
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural style  Read More >>

Shakespeare on the Ecological Surface

Shakespeare on the Ecological Surface

Author: Liz Oakley-Brown
ISBN: 9780367345914
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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The Art of Discrimination: Thomson's The Seasons and the Language of Criticism

The Art of Discrimination: Thomson's The Seasons and...

Author: Ralph Cohen
ISBN: 9781032169460
Format: Paperback
$88.99

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Literature and Science

Literature and Science

Author: B. Ifor Evans
ISBN: 9781032169132
Format: Paperback
$60.99

First published in 1954, Literature and Science discusses historically the relationship between science and literature...  Read More >>

Inner Visions: Explorations in magical consciousness

Inner Visions: Explorations in magical consciousness...

Author: Nevill Drury
ISBN: 9781032248844
Format: Paperback
$60.99

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The Literary Exception and the Rule of Law

The Literary Exception and the Rule of Law

Author: Johan Van Der Walt
ISBN: 9780367640330
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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