| Truth, fiction, and literature: A philosophical perspective P Lamarque, SH Olsen | 1291 | 1996 |
| The end of literary theory SH Olsen Cambridge University Press, 1987 | 205 | 1987 |
| The structure of literary understanding SH Olsen CUP Archive, 1978 | 184 | 1978 |
| Aesthetics and the philosophy of art: the analytic tradition, an anthology P Lamarque, SH Olsen John Wiley & Sons, 2018 | 149 | 2018 |
| The" Meaning" of a Literary Work SH Olsen New Literary History 14 (1), 13-32, 1982 | 56 | 1982 |
| The philosophy of literature: Pleasure restored P Lamarque, SH Olsen The Blackwell guide to aesthetics, 195-214, 2004 | 35 | 2004 |
| Literary aesthetics and literary practice SH Olsen Mind 90 (360), 521-541, 1981 | 32 | 1981 |
| Understanding literary metaphors SH Olsen Metaphor: Problems and perspectives, 36-54, 1982 | 29 | 1982 |
| Defining a literary work SH Olsen The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 35 (2), 133-142, 1976 | 27 | 1976 |
| Authorial intention SH Olsen The British Journal of Aesthetics 13 (3), 219-231, 1973 | 26 | 1973 |
| Truth, fiction, and literature: a philosophical perspective SH Olsen Clarendon Press, 1994 | 20 | 1994 |
| Literature. A Philosophical Perspective P Lamarque, SH Olsen Oxford, 1994 | 18 | 1994 |
| What is poetics? SH Olsen The Philosophical Quarterly (1950-) 26 (105), 338-351, 1976 | 18 | 1976 |
| Progress in Literary Studies SH Olsen New Literary History 36 (3), 341-358, 2005 | 17 | 2005 |
| Thematic Concepts: Where Philosophy Meets Literature SH Olsen Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements 16, 75-93, 1983 | 17 | 1983 |
| From text to literature: new analytic and pragmatic approaches S Olsen, A Pettersson Springer, 2005 | 16 | 2005 |
| The Canon and Artistic Failure. SH Olsen British Journal of Aesthetics 41 (3), 2001 | 14 | 2001 |
| Culture, convention, and creativity SH Olsen The creation of art: New essays in philosophical aesthetics, 192-207, 2003 | 13 | 2003 |
| Conventions and rules in literature SH Olsen Metaphilosophy 31 (1‐2), 25-42, 2000 | 13 | 2000 |
| Biography in literary criticism SH Olsen The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics 5 (8), 2010 | 12 | 2010 |
