This edited collection argues that trauma in literature must be read through a theoretical pluralism that allows for an understanding of trauma's variable repre

This collection analyses the future of ‘trauma theory’, a major theoretical discourse in contemporary criticism and theory. The chapters advance the current

As a concept, 'trauma' has attracted a great deal of interest in literary studies. A key term in psychoanalytic approaches to literary study, trauma theory repr

Introduces readers to the modes of literary and cultural study of the previous half century A Companion to Literary Theory is a collection of 36 original essays

This edited collection argues that trauma in literature must be read through a theoretical pluralism that allows for an understanding of trauma's variable repre