Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. Includes stories that combine passion with forceful feminist argument. In "Mary Wollstonecraft's Mary", the heroine flees her young husband in order to nurse her dearest friend, Ann, and finds genuine love, while Maria tells of a desperate young woman who seeks consolation in the arms of another man after the loss of her child. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0005140
- ISBN
- 9780140433715
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. York Notes for GCSE offer an approach to English Literature that aims to help readers achieve a better grade. This series has been completely updated to reflect the needs of today's students. The new editions are filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KHT; DSBF; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582772670
- ISBN
- 9780582772670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.37
€ 9.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226675282
- ISBN
- 9780226675282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardback. This book argues that the outskirts of cities have become spaces for a new literature beyond boundaries of traditional notions of nation, class, and gender. Includes discussions of Booker Prize winners Roddy Doyle and James Kelman. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DBR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602854
- ISBN
- 9780230602854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. A literary testament showing how Mary Lee Settle's great novels followed the map of her remarkable life. Editor(s): Freeman, Anne. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780393057324
- ISBN
- 9780393057324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.85
€ 26.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 204 x 29. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062223074
- ISBN
- 9780062223074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.55
€ 20.99
€ 17.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476631
- ISBN
- 9780801476631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801447075
- ISBN
- 9780801447075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.88
€ 80.88
Hardcover. Drawing on critical frameworks, this study establishes the centrality of language, gender, and community in the quest for identity in contemporary American fiction. Close readings of novels by Alice Walker, Ernest Gaines, Ann Beattie, John Updike, Chang-rae Lee, and Rudolfo Anaya, among others, show how individuals find their American identities. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110458
- ISBN
- 9780230110458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
paperback. Understanding migration through the lives and fiction of migrant workers in New England Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 photographs; 3 line drawings; 3 maps; 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 1KBBER; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076138
- ISBN
- 9780252076138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. Draws on contemporary theories of insanity to probe mid-Victorian anxieties about the rapid rise of consumer culture. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435849
- ISBN
- 9780140435849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Edmond-Paul, Mary. Num Pages: 327 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2AB; BGLA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578212
- ISBN
- 9781877578212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.88
€ 24.99
€ 18.88
Hardback. This book maps the most active and vibrant period in the history of British women's writing. Examining changes and continuities in fiction, poetry, drama, and journalism, as well as women's engagement with a range of literary and popular genres, the essays in this volume highlight the range and diversity of women's writing since 1970. Editor(s): Eagleton, Mary. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137294807
- ISBN
- 9781137294807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.54
€ 111.54
Paperback. Presents a re-examination of nineteenth-century French culture and literature's representation of the physician and medicine. Exploring six novels and two short stories published during the Second Empire and the early Third Republic, the author argues that there was a growing resistance to medicine's linguistic and professional hegemony. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803266285
- ISBN
- 9780803266285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.64
€ 51.99
€ 46.64
Hardback. The story of both the narrowing perspective of the social norm and the ever-expanding possibilities of a woman who refuses to be told what she can and cannot be Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803230118
- ISBN
- 9780803230118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.12
€ 27.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Argues that four French writers - Michel Tournier, J.M.G. Le Clezio, Tahar Ben Jelloun and Leila Sebbar - practice "activist writing" which, when combined with the work of certain photographers, reframes a picture of Maghreb produced by two centuries of Orientalist misrepresentation. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742515468
- ISBN
- 9780742515468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.91
€ 68.91
Hardcover. This book reveals fundamental connections between nationalist violence, religious identity, and the origins of the novel in the early modern period. Through fresh interpretations of music, literature, and history it argues that the expulsion of the Muslim population created a historic and artistic aperture that was addressed in new literary forms. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299925
- ISBN
- 9781137299925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. Sharon Creech: The Words We Choose to Say is an analysis and evaluation of the young adult novels of Sharon Creech. The six chapters provide an overview of her life, education, and careers, a thorough review of her young adult novels, a commentary on her writings for young readers and adults, and a summary of her skill as a storyteller and author. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810850866
- ISBN
- 9780810850866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.56
€ 96.56
Hardcover. An examination of classic detective fiction as a genre. The book attempts to read a variety of texts by different authors as variations on a common and relatively tight set of conventions, ranging from Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, through Robert Louis Stevenson and H.G. Wells, to the 1960s. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820316222
- ISBN
- 9780820316222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.72
€ 66.72
paperback. Voices of Italian America presents the first authoritative study and anthology of the largely Italian-language literature written and published in the U.S. from the heydays of the Great Migration (1880-1920) to the almost definitive demise of the cultural world of the first generation soon before and after WWII. Num Pages: 343 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823239733
- ISBN
- 9780823239733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36