Introduces advanced students of literature to the latest critical thinkingFollowing a scene-setting Introduction which reflects on the state of ́theory ́ today, the 11 chapters in this volume introduce new areas of critical thinking which go beyond the standard ́isms ́: Literary Reading in a Digital Age; Critical Making in the Digital Humanities; Thing Theory; Memory Work and Criticism; Body, Objects, Technology; Criticism and ́The Animal ́; Multimodality and Linguistic Approaches to Literary Study; Critical and Creative Practice: Conditions for Success in the Writing Workshop; Affect Theory; Spectrality; Critical Climate Change.A final rounding off chapter on Historicising presents debates around historically oriented criticism, including a ́round table ́ among the contributors. Each chapter also provides a critical ́case study ́ of a text or texts, including poetry writing guides, a Seamus Heaney poem, film adaptations of Jane Austen ́s Pride and Prejudice and Charlotte Bront©± ́s Jane Eyre, e-readers and kindles, First World War poetry and prose, steampunk, and Robert Macfarlane ́s The Old Ways.From ́Thing Theory ́ to animal theory, multimodality to film adaptation, and from acts of reading in a digital age to the creative writing workshop, the volume reflects a radical reorientation in critical modes of thinking.Key Features:Presents cutting-edge debates presented to more advanced students in an engaging yet sophisticated wayProvides a wide range of ́case studies ́ including poetry, film, reading devices, popular fiction & non-fiction proseReflects newly emerging ways of teaching critical ideas in the classroomOpens criticism to dialogue and possibility