Literary/Critical Theory

Though the relationship of modernist writers and artists to mass-marketplaces and popular cultural forms is often understood as one of ambivalence if not antagonism, Modernism and the Marketplace redirects this established line of inquiry, considering the practical and conceptual interfaces between ..

Originally published in 1985. This investigation of Ovid’s fable looks at the creation of narrative strategies to explain Narcissus’ experience. The story has always been understood as literally impossible but invites readers to ask what is meant by the puzzling tale of deception and death...

In this study Heinert critically analyzes the relationship between race and genre in Toni Morrison's novels, showing how Morrison’s break with traditional narrative forms works to undermine and rewrite the canon of American literature...

In this study Heinert critically analyzes the relationship between race and genre in Toni Morrison's novels, showing how Morrison’s break with traditional narrative forms works to undermine and rewrite the canon of American literature...

What is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? What featuers turn a discourse into a narrative text? Now widely acknowledged as one of the most significant volumes in its field, Narrative Fiction turns its attention to these and other questions...

What is a narrative? What is narrative fiction? How does it differ from other kinds of narrative? What featuers turn a discourse into a narrative text? Now widely acknowledged as one of the most significant volumes in its field, Narrative Fiction turns its attention to these and other questions...

 Narratology is a rapidly growing field in the humanities. Literary narratologists have provided many key concepts and analytical tools which are widely used in the interdisciplinary analysis of such narrative features as plot, point of view, speech presentation, ideological perspective and interpre..

 Narratology is a rapidly growing field in the humanities. Literary narratologists have provided many key concepts and analytical tools which are widely used in the interdisciplinary analysis of such narrative features as plot, point of view, speech presentation, ideological perspective and interpre..

There exists an area of overlap where language and nature meet, and this book, first published in 1980, illuminates that fascinating territory. When real-world things, such as plants, are used in literature or language as symbols, these special signs have a double allegiance. They function as langua..

This multi-disciplinary comparative study of the transformation of a variety of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to look at the workings of narrative...

This multi-disciplinary comparative study of the transformation of a variety of The Arabian Nights stories in a cross-cultural context, brings together a number of disciplines and subject areas to look at the workings of narrative...

This book demonstrates how we can look critically at adaptations of literary texts for screen, stage and television. The contributors argue that adaptations should not be seen as secondary or marginal, because through them we can enter into an exciting debate with the literary text itself._x005F_x00..