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Literature

Literary Theory

Benson: Cycles of InfluenceCycles of Influence: Fiction, Folktale, Theory

Stephen Benson

Analyzes how the folktale has influenced the development of narrative theory and how postmodern fiction has drawn on the folktale to experiment with diverse narrative concepts.

Jewell: Monsters in the Italian Literary ImaginationMonsters in the Italian Literary Imagination

Edited by Keala Jewell

A multi-disciplinary collection of essays examining the monster in Italian literature.

Strozier: Foucault, Subjectivity and IdentityFoucault, Subjectivity and Identity: Historical Constructions of Subject and Self

Robert M. Strozier

Against the background of Foucault’s work, Strozier examines ideas of subjectivity from the ancient Sophists to notions of the subject at the end of the twentieth century.

Schildgen: Power and PrejudicePower and Prejudice: The Reception of the Gospel of Mark

Brenda Deen Schildgen

Illuminates social, historical, cultural, literary, philosophical, and ideological forces implicit in the reception of this once overlooked gospel.

Marks: Taming the ChaosTaming the Chaos: English Poetic Diction Theory Since the Renaissance

Emerson R. Marks

An examination of the main attempts by critics since the Renaissance to elucidate the crucial problem of poetic language.

Galef: Second ThoughtsSecond Thoughts: A Focus on Rereading

Edited by David Galef

A collection of essays investigating the phenomenon of rereading narrative texts from various genres.