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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Paperback. The Adventures of Eovaai is the most important prose satire of English politics and the administration of Sir Robert Walpole between Gullivers Travels and Jonathan Wild. Jerry C. Beasley, University of Delaware Num Pages: 243 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111971
ISBN
9781551111971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.12

Paperback. This edition of the novel sets the standard for its successors to follow. Allan Simmons, General Editor of The Conradian Num Pages: 455 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111728
ISBN
9781551111728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 28.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 612 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111704
ISBN
9781551111704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.14

Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd ,Canada Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111384
ISBN
9781551111384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.72

Paperback. Though critics and literary historians have always had to admit that Susanna Centlivre's comedies were extremely popular, they have tended to devote themselves to a search for evidence in them of supposed deficiencies of 'the female pen,' and to pay as much attention to the playwright's marriages and amorous liasons than to the plays themselves. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110219
ISBN
9781551110219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.70

Paperback. Mixing slapstick and satire, Monkey's enlightenment offers a glimpse into late Ming intellectual history Series: Michigan Classics in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSK; FA; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892641420
ISBN
9780892641420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873529266
ISBN
9780873529266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.05

Paperback. First published in Switzerland in 1892, finally printed in Russia in 1906, and never before translated into English, Nihilist Girl is the story of a young aristocrat who longs to devote her life to a cause. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873527903
ISBN
9780873527903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.76

Paperback. Noted for narrative complexity, stylistic variety, and feminist themes, Pardo Bazan's stories, written a century ago, explore many aspects of the relationships between men and women." Series: Texts & Translations. Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873527842
ISBN
9780873527842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.01

Paperback. This collection contains 113 of the 161 poems Wylie chose for the volumes published in her lifetime and 100 that appeared in Collected Poems and in Last Poems. Also included are the first chapters of her novels, and short stories, essays, reviews, and articles to define Wylie's place on the 1920s literary scene. Editor(s): Hively, Evelyn Helmick. Num Pages: 216 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873388290
ISBN
9780873388290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.60

Hardcover. Explores America's obsession with news and entertainment culture. This book features characters that seek to design realistic theme park attractions, such as "OJ's Bronco: The Ride" and "Siege at Waco," that allow park guests to experience the complexities of contemporary news events for themselves. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822942993
ISBN
9780822942993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.32

Hardcover. Series: The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820346861
ISBN
9780820346861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.12

Hardcover. "Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction." Series: Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820345482
ISBN
9780820345482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.26

Paperback. Sutton's quirky debut collection tracks the emotional journeys of characters struggling to find harmonious relationships with the people they are expected to love and be loved by. All too often, for Sutton's characters, such supposedly sacred relationships disappoint. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820334219
ISBN
9780820334219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.90

Paperback. Set in rural South Carolina in the early twentieth century, this work weaves a complex tale from the threads of actual events in author James Kilgo's family history. At the center of the story are two brothers, Hart and Tison Bonner, and their cousin Jennie Grant, the mixed-race woman one brother loves and the other dishonors. Series: Brown Thrasher Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329284
ISBN
9780820329284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. Set in the invented Mississippi Delta town of Madagascar, this book depicts a rural South dependent on agribusiness and the fruits of some less attractive forms of capitalism - gambling and other vices. It presents a novel which is filled with music, wisdom, and spontaneous joy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820328386
ISBN
9780820328386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.98

Paperback. En esta coleccion de ensayos entretejidos con poemas y folclore, Judith Ortiz Cofer cuenta la historia de como llego a ser poeta y escritora y explora su amor por las palabras, su descubrimiento de la magia del lenguaje y su lucha por sacar tiempo de donde no tenia para practicar su arte." Translator(s): Olazagasti-Segovia, Elena. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820326740
ISBN
9780820326740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.11

Paperback. Bawdy and sometimes horrifying, hilarious on the way to being tragic, Raymond Andrews's Muskhogean County novels tell of black life in the Deep South from the end of the First World War to the beginning of the 1960s, from the days of mules and white men with bullwhips to the moment when the pendulum began to swing. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820310695
ISBN
9780820310695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816526574
ISBN
9780816526574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816520558
ISBN
9780816520558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.34

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