Literary Theory

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. We think we know the trench coat, but w...

As a colour, black is a single hue. It comes in no other shades. It is pure darkness, absorber of all light. But despite its commonly accepted role...

Germany in the mid 1920s, a place and time of looming turmoil, brought together Walter Benjamin-acclaimed critic and extraordinary literary theoris...

'Postmodernism' became the buzzword of contemporary society in the 1990s. Yet, even now, it still remains confusing and baffling in its variety of ...

Sarah Baartman's iconic status as the Hottentot Venus - as victimized African woman, Mother of the new South Africa, and ancestral spirit to countl...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Its happening all the time, all around ...

Investigates how the cinematic tendency of Joyce's writing developed from media predating film In this book, Keith Williams explores Victorian cult...

Rescuing the subject from deadly dry theorists and -isms, Clare Connors focuses on the real questions that emerge when we read and study literature...

Drawing upon the philosophical insights of Friedrich Schlegel, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, and Blixa Bargeld, this book explores the persis...

Text in English & German. The Journal for Intercultural German Studies (ZiG) accomodates the fact that in German studies, both at home and abro...

The 700-year history of the novel in English defies straightforward telling. Geographically and culturally boundless, with contributions from Great...

What is the difference between literal and figurative writing? Is there really a secret set of tricks used by top authors to make their writing eve...

This book provides a history of the way in which literature not only reflects, but actively shapes processes of globalization and our notions of gl...

This anthology explores the resilience and ubiquity of the Gothic in cinema from its earliest days to its most contemporary iterations. Fifteen new...

Ce volume reunit 17 articles selectionnes a l''issue du colloque La dia-variation en francais actuel. Des corpus aux ouvrages de reference (diction...

The book develops three perspectives: that of two works produced in contemporary times that looks back to the years of Mussolini''s and Franco''s r...

The Heretical Archive examines the relationship between memory and creation in contemporary artworks that use digital technology while appropriatin...