Philosophy of Literature Books

New and Published Books

1. Language and History in Adorno's Notes to Literature

   By Ulrich Plass

   Series: Studies in Philosophy

   Plass argues that Adorno’s essays on literature are of prime importance for an understanding of his aesthetics because they challenge the conceptual limitations of philosophical discourse....

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
2. Imagination, Philosophy and the Arts

   Edited by Matthew Kieran, Dominic McIver Lopes

   Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
3. Heidegger and the Romantics

   The Literary Invention of Meaning

   By Pol Vandevelde

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   While there are many books on the romantics, and many books on Heidegger, there has been no book exploring the connection between the two. Pol Vandevelde’s new study forges this important link. Vandevelde begins by analyzing two models that have addressed the interaction between literature and...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
4. Charlotte Yonge

   Rereading Domestic Religious Fiction

   Edited by Tamara Wagner

   Charlotte Yonge, a dedicated religious, didactic, and domestic novelist, has become one of the most effectively rediscovered Victorian women writers of the last decades. Her prolific output of fiction does not merely give a fascinatingly different insight into nineteenth-century popular culture; it...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. On Manners

   By Karen Stohr

   Series: Thinking in Action

   Many otherwise enlightened people often dismiss etiquette as a trivial subject or—worse yet—as nothing but a disguise for moral hypocrisy or unjust social hierarchies. Such sentiments either mistakenly assume that most manners merely frame the “real issues” of any interpersonal exchange or...

   Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
6. Paul de Man (Routledge Revivals)

   Deconstruction and the Critique of Aesthetic Ideology

   By Christopher Norris

   Paul de Man - literary critic, literary philosopher, "American deconstructionist" - changed the landscape of criticism through his rigorous theories and writings. Upon its original publication in 1988, Christopher Norris' book was the first full-length introduction to de Man, a reading that offers...

   Published July 14th 2010 by Routledge
7. Habermas and Literary Rationality

   By David L. Colclasure

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Literary scholarship has paid little serious attention to Habermas' philosophy, and, on the other hand, the reception of Habermas has given little attention to the role that literary practice can play in a broader theory of communicative action. David Colclasure's argument sets out to demonstrate...

   Published May 24th 2010 by Routledge
8. A Sense of the World

   Essays on Fiction, Narrative, and Knowledge

   Edited by John Gibson, Wolfgang Huemer, Luca Pocci

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   A team of leading contributors from both philosophical and literary backgrounds have been brought together in this impressive book to examine how works of literary fiction can be a source of knowledge. Together, they analyze the important trends in this current popular debate. The...

   Published September 16th 2009 by Routledge
9. Philosophical Romanticism

   Edited by Nikolas Kompridis

   Philosophical Romanticism is one of the first books to address the relationship between philosophy and romanticism, an area which is currently undergoing a major revival. This collection of specially-written articles by world-class philosophers explores the contribution of romantic thought to...

   Published May 24th 2006 by Routledge
10. Reading Cavell

    Edited by Alice Crary, Sanford Shieh

    Alongside Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam and Jacques Derrida, Stanley Cavell is arguably one of the best-known philosophers in the world. This state-of-the-art collection explores the work of this original and interesting figure who has already been the subject of a number of books, conferences...

    Published January 26th 2006 by Routledge