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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Nancy Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, a great tease and an acute observer of upper-class English idiosyncrasies. With the publication of her novels, above all The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate and The Blessing, she became a huge bestseller and a household name. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsim portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429555
- ISBN
- 9780099429555
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Hardback. This brilliantly original study uncovers a side to Napoleon Bonaparte which has hitherto been ignored by biographers -- that of the aspiring novelist and man of letters. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625355
- ISBN
- 9780745625355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441107787
- ISBN
- 9781441107787
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.14
€ 46.99
€ 39.14
Paperback. Narrating 9/11 pushes beyond a critical focus on domestic realism, offering chapters that examine speculative and genre fiction, postmodernism, climate change, and the evolving security state, as well as the television series Lost and the film Paradise Now. Editor(s): Duvall, John N.; Marzec, Robert P. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; DSBH5; DSK; HBJK; JPWL2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417387
- ISBN
- 9781421417387
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Condition: New
€ 45.24
€ 45.24
Beginning with British or colonial writers and moving on to early American narratives of explorers and antebellum novelists, this study traces the developing patterns of the American discovery narrative, a form of writing that chronicled the whole cultural perspective of the American frontier. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079969
- ISBN
- 9780231079969
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Condition: New
€ 129.94
€ 129.94
Hardback. Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time. This work explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development. It argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory: Philosophies of Gender, Race, and Society S. Num Pages: 244 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140300
- ISBN
- 9780231140300
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Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.67
€ 59.21
€ 46.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474114
- ISBN
- 9781611474114
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Condition: New
€ 121.87
€ 121.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489556
- ISBN
- 9780801489556
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. An extensive study of Japan in Australian literary consciousness, this book provides a broad chronological exploration of Australian writers' representations of the Japanese from the late 19th to the 21st century. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1M; 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Monash Asia Institute
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876924591
- ISBN
- 9781876924591
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.85
€ 34.99
€ 25.85
paperback. The relationship between fiction and historiography in Francoist Spain (1939-1975) is a contentious one. Making a decisive intervention in the debate about the ways in which narration determines both the meaning and truth of history and fiction, this title is of interest to students of politics, history, and literature of twentieth-century Spain. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315971
- ISBN
- 9780822315971
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Examines the historical formation of modern Japanese literature through a fundamental reassessment of its most characteristic form, the "I-novel," an autobiographical narrative thought to recount the details of the writer's personal life thinly veiled as fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731621
- ISBN
- 9780804731621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415834445
- ISBN
- 9780415834445
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. Narratology has been conceived as a project that transcends disciplines and media. This book investigates how the intrinsic properties of the supporting medium shape the form of narrative and affect the narrative experience. It addresses the question of how narrative migrates, mutates, and creates meaning as it is expressed across various media. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289932
- ISBN
- 9780803289932
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardback. Editor(s): Bullough, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 423 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231088985
- ISBN
- 9780231088985
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Condition: New
€ 181.58
€ 181.58
Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816617203
- ISBN
- 9780816617203
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Following the cognitive approaches that have rehabilitated immersion as the product of fundamental processes of world-construction and mental simulation, she details the many forms that interactivity has taken-or hopes to take-in digital texts, from determining the presentation of signs to affecting the level of story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22, 10 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417974
- ISBN
- 9781421417974
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.64
€ 41.99
€ 34.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Lewin, Jane E. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222. 168 pages, 8 illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight: 92. Translator(s): Lewin, Jane E.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801495359
- ISBN
- 9780801495359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan addresses key approaches to narrative fiction, from New Criticism to Phenomenology, but also offers views on and modifications to these theories. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415280228
- ISBN
- 9780415280228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Hardback. Narrative Fissures: Reading and Rhetoric is a guide to applied rhetorical criticism of narrative in diverse fields such as cultural studies, ethnography, psychotherapy, historiography, critical legal studies, education, communication, and medicine. Num Pages: 149 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473018
- ISBN
- 9781611473018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.93
€ 106.93
Paperback. This revised and expanded handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction and creative writing, with refreshed references and new discussions of cognitive approaches to narrative, nonfiction, and narrative emotions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second Edition,New edition,2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439581
- ISBN
- 9781137439581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Hardcover. Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5, 4 black & white tables, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293007
- ISBN
- 9780230293007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30
€ 65.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838639009
- ISBN
- 9780838639009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.08
€ 135.08
Hardcover. In this comparative study of Honore d'Urfe's "L'Astree" and Charles Sorel's "Le Berger extravagant", the author examines the historical transition from the idealist, pastoral romance to the more realist anti-romance. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations24 cm. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532350
- ISBN
- 9781557532350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.88
€ 73.88
Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497704
- ISBN
- 9780801497704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34