Books like Beginning theory

Beginning theory by Peter Barry reads as academic, introductory. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Literary theory

Terry Eagleton · 1983

Both explore structuralism & feminism

72% genome match

Key concepts in literary theory

Julian Wolfreys · 2001

Both explore literary theory & criticism

71% genome match

After philosophy

Kenneth Baynes · 1986

Both explore postmodernism

63% genome match

Introducing Foucault

Chris Horrocks · 1997

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Semiotics of poetry

Michael Riffaterre · 1978

Both explore literary theory

53% genome match

Image-Music-Text

Roland Barthes · 1977

Both explore literary theory & structuralism

54% genome match

A glossary of literary terms

M. H. Abrams · 1957

Both explore literary theory & criticism

65% genome match

Gender Trouble

Judith Butler · 1989

Both explore feminism

47% genome match

Fatal strategies

Jean Baudrillard · 1983

Both explore postmodernism

51% genome match

The role of the reader

Umberto Eco · 1979

Both explore literary theory

51% genome match

Contingency, irony, and solidarity

Richard Rorty · 1989

Both explore postmodernism

48% genome match

Reading deconstruction, deconstructive reading

G. Douglas Atkins · 1983

Both explore literary theory

51% genome match