Attention is paid to literary conventions in order to interpret the text. The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Library of Early Christianity, Vol. Westminster Press, 1987. Non-technical treatment of literary genres, forms, and social conventions which shape the NT documents.
Excellent bibliographies follow each chapter.
Beardslee, W. A. Literary Criticism of the New Testament. Fortress Press, 1970. Good rudimentary text giving the evolution of the discipline in biblical studies. The Rhetoric of Fiction. The University of Chicago Press, 1961.