Literary Theory

Now in its fourth edition, this popular A-Z guide provides a comprehensive overview of the issues which characterize post-colonialism: explaining w...

Now in its fourth edition, this popular A-Z guide provides a comprehensive overview of the issues which characterize post-colonialism: explaining w...

This volume studies the literary voices of the Italian diaspora in Britain, including 21 authors and 34 pieces of prose, verse, and drama. This boo...

In On Paradox literary and legal scholar Elizabeth S. Anker contends that faith in the logic of paradox has been the cornerstone of left intellectu...

In On Paradox literary and legal scholar Elizabeth S. Anker contends that faith in the logic of paradox has been the cornerstone of left intellectu...

In Masterpieces of Metonymy, Gregory Nagy analyzes metonymy as a mental process that complements metaphor. If metaphor is a substitution of somethi...

The English language is now a lingua franca spoken by about two billion people. This insightful study considers how a bridge language affects world...

The English language is now a lingua franca spoken by about two billion people. This insightful study considers how a bridge language affects world...

This book redirects attention to a truth largely ignored by recent criticismthat Shakespeares excellence as a playwright is inextricable from his e...

Global Arab Fiction explores twenty-first-century fiction set in north and east Africa, the Gulf, the Arab east, and diaspora, showing diversity an...