Literary theory

We live in a world of stories; yet few of us pause to ask what stories actually are, why we consume them so avidly, and what they do for story makers and their audiences.

This book attempts to deal with the problem of literary subjectivity in theory and practice.

This book attempts to deal with the problem of literary subjectivity in theory and practice.

Critical theory meets Latin American fiction in this bold and challenging analysis of literature and literary criticism through post-structuralist analysis.

Critical theory meets Latin American fiction in this bold and challenging analysis of literature and literary criticism through post-structuralist analysis.

In the mid-seventies, both gender studies and humor studies emerged as new disciplines, with scholars from various fields undertaking research in these areas.

In the mid-seventies, both gender studies and humor studies emerged as new disciplines, with scholars from various fields undertaking research in these areas.

This volume explores the variable meanings and discourses of historical and contemporary pandemics to rethink theories and practices of planetary health.

Premodern Sexualities offers rigorous new approaches to current problems in the historiography of sexuality.

Premodern Sexualities offers rigorous new approaches to current problems in the historiography of sexuality.

Popular fiction continues to be the object of both academic and political Interest as educators seek to understand the role literacy plays in constructing gender, class, race, ethnic, sexual, age and national subjectivities of young women.

Popular fiction continues to be the object of both academic and political Interest as educators seek to understand the role literacy plays in constructing gender, class, race, ethnic, sexual, age and national subjectivities of young women.

In this lavishly illustrated book, one of the most important and influential scholars of the Renaissance stage brings together essays that have changed the way we think about the age of Shakespeare.

In this lavishly illustrated book, one of the most important and influential scholars of the Renaissance stage brings together essays that have changed the way we think about the age of Shakespeare.

Three extensively revised essays by Mailloux, an influential proponent of cultural studies, describe his approach in depth.

Three extensively revised essays by Mailloux, an influential proponent of cultural studies, describe his approach in depth.

This collection of original essays brings international and multidisciplinary perspectives to the problem of how to understand and practice editorial mediation: How does editing alter what it seeks to represent?

This collection of original essays brings international and multidisciplinary perspectives to the problem of how to understand and practice editorial mediation: How does editing alter what it seeks to represent?

Considering a wide range of cultural materials and engaging in a close reading of literary texts, this book draws a compelling comparison between national identity in Europe and the Third World.

Considering a wide range of cultural materials and engaging in a close reading of literary texts, this book draws a compelling comparison between national identity in Europe and the Third World.

The New Romanticism is an overview of the romantic trend taken up by American novelists in the twentieth-century.

The New Romanticism is an overview of the romantic trend taken up by American novelists in the twentieth-century.

First published in 1994.

First published in 1994.

Following Clifford Geertz and other cultural anthropologists, the New Historicist critics have evolved a method for describing culture in action.

Following Clifford Geertz and other cultural anthropologists, the New Historicist critics have evolved a method for describing culture in action.

The past two decades witnessed the rise of television entertainment in China.

The past two decades witnessed the rise of television entertainment in China.

The image of the architect is undeniably gendered.

The image of the architect is undeniably gendered.

David Bowie: Critical Perspectives examines in detail the many layers of one of the most intriguing and influential icons in popular culture.

David Bowie: Critical Perspectives examines in detail the many layers of one of the most intriguing and influential icons in popular culture.

Social media have dramatically popularized practices of evaluation, especially of cultural products and artistic expressions.

Social media have dramatically popularized practices of evaluation, especially of cultural products and artistic expressions.

This book focuses on sex and sexuality in post-war novels from the Anglophone Caribbean.

First published in 1989, this collection of essays brings into focus the history of a specific form of violence - that of representation.

First published in 1989, this collection of essays brings into focus the history of a specific form of violence - that of representation.

In The Ideology of Conduct, first published in 1987, scholars from various fields, from the medieval period to the present day, discuss literature in which the sole purpose is to instruct women in how to make themselves desirable.

In The Ideology of Conduct, first published in 1987, scholars from various fields, from the medieval period to the present day, discuss literature in which the sole purpose is to instruct women in how to make themselves desirable.

In this title, first published in 1985, Michael Bristol draws on several theoretical and critical traditions to study the nature and purpose of theatre as a social institution: on Marxism, and its revisions in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin; on the theories of Emile Durkheim and their adaptations in the work of Victor Turner; and on the history of social life and material culture as practiced by the Annales school.

In this title, first published in 1985, Michael Bristol draws on several theoretical and critical traditions to study the nature and purpose of theatre as a social institution: on Marxism, and its revisions in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin; on the theories of Emile Durkheim and their adaptations in the work of Victor Turner; and on the history of social life and material culture as practiced by the Annales school.

The Routledge Handbook of Stylistics provides a comprehensive introduction and reference point to key areas in the field of stylistics.

The Routledge Handbook of Stylistics provides a comprehensive introduction and reference point to key areas in the field of stylistics.

First published in 1985, The Subject of Tragedy takes the drama of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as the starting point for an analysis of the differential identities of man and woman.

First published in 1985, The Subject of Tragedy takes the drama of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as the starting point for an analysis of the differential identities of man and woman.

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Race and the American Military provides an important overview of the main themes surrounding race in the American military establishment from the French and Indian War to the present day.

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Race and the American Military provides an important overview of the main themes surrounding race in the American military establishment from the French and Indian War to the present day.

At a time when the relevance of literary theory itself is frequently being questioned, Richard Wilson makes a compelling case for French Theory in Shakespeare Studies.

At a time when the relevance of literary theory itself is frequently being questioned, Richard Wilson makes a compelling case for French Theory in Shakespeare Studies.

The Child That Haunts Us focuses on the symbolic use of the child archetype through the exploration of miniature characters from the realms of children's literature.