Literary Theory

Literary theory in a strict sense is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for analyzing literature.[1] However, literary scholarship since the 19th century often includes—in addition to, or even instead of literary theory in the strict sense—considerations of intellectual history, moral philosophy, social prophecy, and other interdisciplinary themes which are of relevance to the way humans interpret meaning. In humanities in modern academia, the latter style of scholarship is an outgrowth of critical theory and is often called simply "theory." As a consequence, t ...more

Literary Theory: An Introduction
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Poetics
Mythologies
The Pleasure of the Text
Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
Anatomy of Criticism
The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays
S/Z: An Essay
The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
How to Read Literature
Aspects of the Novel
How Fiction Works
The Theory of the Novel
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by John CluteArchaeologies of the Future by Fredric JamesonCritical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Howard FreedmanThe Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of by Thomas M. DischThe Seven Beauties of Science Fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr.
Science Fiction Criticism
134 books — 21 voters
Anti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiTechnological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiHuman Diversity by Charles MurrayThe Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein
Sober Provocations and Perspectives
107 books — 36 voters

Seven Beyond by Stella AtriumThe Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusPhilosophy of Evil by Lars Fredrik Händler SvendsenThe Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy by Sun TzuMonty Python and Philosophy by Gary L. Hardcastle
books with ‘philosophy’ in title
250 books — 15 voters
Angel of Death by Brian O'HareHow to Write a Mystery by Lee ChildThe Poetics of Murder by Glenn W. MostGardening Can Be Murder by Marta McDowellCritical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction by Carl Rollyson
Detective Fiction: The Theory
62 books — 3 voters

Terry Eagleton
Language is a work of astonishing creativity. It is by far the most magnificent artefact humanity has ever come up with. It even surpasses the movies of Mel Gibson in this respect.
Terry Eagleton

Erik Bjerck Hagen
Å beskrive hvorfor vi liker det vi liker, er å beskrive hvorfor vi er som vi er - og hvorfor vår kultur er som den er.
Erik Bjerck Hagen, Litteraturkritikk

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