Literary theory

This book is concerned with the complexities of defining 'place', of observing and 'seeing' place, and how we might write a poetics of place.

In this timely book Janet Todd offers an analysis and defence of the feminist literary history practised by Elaine Showalter and other contemporary American literary critics.

Edward Said is one of the foremost thinkers writing today.

In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new.