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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardback. Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941664189
ISBN
9780941664189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.23

Hardback. A critical rethinking of theories of national imagination, this book offers the reading to date in English of one of modern Japan's poets and novelists, Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943). It also reveals how Toson's works influenced the production of a fluid, shifting form of national imagination that has characterized twentieth-century Japan. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSC; DSK; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129800
ISBN
9780231129800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.34

Hardback. This title provides an analysis of Lawrence's "The Rainbow" and "Women in Love", as well as and analysis of Lawrence's writing method, his reconception of character and his use of metaphor. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333566268
ISBN
9780333566268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Paperback. This is the first critical study of Sons and Lovers to engage with the new Cambridge edition, which prints for the first time the whole text that Lawrence wrote. Series Editor(s): Stern, J. P. Series: Landmarks of World Literature. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154. Used paperback in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KRF0015749
ISBN
9780521369244
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This book develops a poetics of literary biography based on the triangular relationships of lives, works and times and how narrative operates in holding them together. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137549570
ISBN
9781137549570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.29

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630632
ISBN
9780691630632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.74

hardcover. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780802090850
ISBN
9780802090850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.43

Anesko reveals the remarkable social, political, and sexual intrigue that inspired--and influenced--the deliberate construction of the Legend of Henry James. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 493.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804769327
ISBN
9780804769327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

hardcover. Michael Anesko explores Henry James's efforts to correct 'mistakes' that he later perceived in his books as first printed. He focuses on two of Henry James's most important texts, The Portrait of a Lady (1881) and The Ambassadors (1903), and the ways in which both betray (in very peculiar ways) the fallibility of James himself. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198794882
ISBN
9780198794882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.98

Hardcover. Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Faletra argues that the legendary history of Britain that flourished in medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances traces its origins to twelfth-century Anglo-Norman colonial interest in Wales and the Welsh. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137391025
ISBN
9781137391025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardback. Attacked for appeasing both Hitler and Stalin, E.H. Carr was not only one of the most productive writers of the 20th century but one of its most provocative as well. In this book 16 internationally respected authors grapple with his complex intellectual legacy. Editor(s): Cox, Michael. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBH; DSK; HBAH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333720660
ISBN
9780333720660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.89

Paperback. This Companion brings together an international 'Brodie set' of critics to trace the history, impact, reception and major themes of Spark's work, from her early poetry to her last novel. Editor(s): Gardiner, Michael; Maley, Willy. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748637690
ISBN
9780748637690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Sampling works by the creator of Holmes and Watson, this collection features Doyle's detective stories, horror tales, journalism, historical stories, and the complete text of his science-fiction novel The Poison Belt. Editor(s): Meyers, Jeffrey; Meyers, Valerie. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815412021
ISBN
9780815412021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333333969
ISBN
9780333333969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.42

hardcover. This book examines how the process of nation-building in Egypt helped transform Egypt from an Ottoman province to an Arabic speaking national community. Through the life and works of 'A'isha Taymur, Hatem gives insight into how literature and changing gender roles contributed to the definition and/or development of a sense of community. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; 3JH; DSK; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230113503
ISBN
9780230113503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardback. This work probes Woolf's fiction and non-fiction from "Mrs. Dalloway" (1927) to "Between the Acts" (1941), for her responses not only to the growing menaces of dictators abroad, but also to mounting evidence of fascist ideology at home in England. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801154
ISBN
9780333801154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Hardback. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403941718
ISBN
9781403941718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333793176
ISBN
9780333793176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.33

Hardcover. Between 1870 and 1910 male authors were actively engaged with imagining new possibilities for women, at the same time as the central female figure continued to function as a troubling and unreachable object of aesthetic desire. This book examines these inscrutable female characters who were the ground on which fiction reinvented itself as Art. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230355187
ISBN
9780230355187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780452298156
ISBN
9780452298156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Rath, Akshaya. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; DSK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199465965
ISBN
9780199465965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.41

Hardcover. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403979902
ISBN
9781403979902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Hardcover. Provides fresh reflections on literary influence using Katherine Mansfield as a case study. This title helps in understanding this impetus for artistic production through an examination of authors wide net of literary associations. Editor(s): Harvey, Melinda; Ailwood, Sarah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694419
ISBN
9780748694419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.01
€ 103.24

Paperback. This book examines the non-fiction work of literary artist Alice Walker in order to glean values and ethical imperatives for womanist theological and ethical reflection. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HRA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 212 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137356024
ISBN
9781137356024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.19

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