LITERATURE THEORY BOOKS

Literature Theory Books are a great way to study literary critiques and learn a lot about authors and their works. They are mainly engaged in defining, examining and interpreting literatures extensively in article-form.

Literature Theory Books clarify literature and literary criticisms. Historically, this literary genre began as early as the ancient Greek civilization when poetics and rhetoric were extensively written. The modern form of this genre in the 20 th century adopted a scholarly approach that includes a wide range of intellectual topics like Hermeneutics and Aesthetics.

Literature Theory Books attempt to define ‘literature” which has somewhat a wide connotation. However, literary methods and principles have been applied to popular literary types like famous fictions, non-fictions, historical documents, law, films, advertising and other related fields of cultural studies for better interpretations of these genres.

Literature Theory Books were more popularized in the 20 th century. However, the aesthetic theories of ancient philosophers like Aristotle, Longinus and Horace had constant and significant influence on the development of current literary studies through the 18 th and 19 th centuries.

Following are some important Theory Books on Literature :

• Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
• Literary Theory: An Anthology
• A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature
• Beginning Theory
• Literary Theory: An Introduction






• Critical Theory Today
• Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction
• Falling Into Theory
• Critical Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory
• Feminisms: An Anthology of Literary Theory and Criticism

Books on Literary Theory exerts important influence on contemporary English literature and literary criticisms. They have gained universal recognition and acclamations for their progressive research works in the related fields and are included in the curriculums of several international universities.