Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. Mark Twain's letters for 1874 and 1875 encompass one of his most productive and rewarding periods as author, husband and father, and man of property. This is sixth volume contains 348 of his letters covering this period, all of which have been thoroughly annotated and indexed. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 957 pages, 51 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 957
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237728
- ISBN
- 9780520237728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.91€ 94.95
€ 124.91
€ 94.95
Hardback. Contains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife. Editor(s): Frank, Michael B.; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 850 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 850
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203600
- ISBN
- 9780520203600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.91€ 95.13
€ 124.91
€ 95.13
Hardcover. Contains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of "The Jumping Frog", soon to be a national and international celebrity. Editor(s): Smith, Harriet Elinor; Bucci, Richard; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 703 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 703
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520036697
- ISBN
- 9780520036697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.91€ 95.13
€ 124.91
€ 95.13
Paperback. Offers a glimpse of Mark Twain's creative process on what many critics consider the finest fiction of his later years. While the work was begun in 1897 and revised first in 1902 and then in 1908, the third version was the only manuscript titled "The Mysterious Stranger". These texts provide an opportunity to observe Mark Twain's literary struggle. Editor(s): Gibson, William M. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 493
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246959
- ISBN
- 9780520246959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, this title delves into Mark Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Editor(s): Griffin, Benjamin; Smith, Harriet E.; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B.; Goetz, Sharon K.; Myrick, Leslie Diane. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 776 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 183 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1728.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272781
- ISBN
- 9780520272781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Hardback. "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away - to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." This title tells his story. Editor(s): Salamo, Lin; Griffin, Benjamin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B.; Goetz, Sharon K.; Myrick, Leslie Diane; Hirst, Robert; Smith, Harriet E. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 760 pages, 21 line figures, 45 b/w photographs, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 188 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1844. The Complete and Authoritative Edition. Series: Mark Twain Papers S. 743 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Salamo, Lin; Griffin, Benjamin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B.; Smith, Harriet E. "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away - to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." This title tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 256 x 188 x 64. Weight: 1844.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 743
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267190
- ISBN
- 9780520267190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Paperback. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Editor(s): Fischer, Victor; Salamo, Lin; Smith, Harriet E.; Blair, Walter. Series: Mark Twain Library. Num Pages: 616 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 192 line illustrations, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 125th Anniversary Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266100
- ISBN
- 9780520266100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Hardback. This study explores the rise of periodicals as hugely popular repositories of 'public opinion' in the nineteenth century and the key individuals who shaped their own identities through them. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230609471
- ISBN
- 9780230609471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.59
€ 67.59
Paperback. Studies in Rhetorical Epic. Series: Bristol Classical Paperbacks. 104 pages. This work considers the rules of ancient rhetoric as learned by Lucan and applied in his epic. Four themes common to poetry and to the declamatory schools (tyranny, storms, the occult and dreams) are closely analyzed in relation to the poem, and the poem is set in the context of the Neronian age. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 8. Weight: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishing
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853994883
- ISBN
- 9781853994883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Hardcover. In reading Banville's novels through the work of key psychoanalytical theorists, John Banville's Narcissistic Fictions brings together apparently disparate thematic strands - missing twins, shame, false identities - and presents these as manifestations of a central concern with narcissism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361706
- ISBN
- 9780230361706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. Mark Twain's "Own Autobiography" stands as the last of Twain's great yarns. This book covers a wealth of critical work done on Twain since 1990. It also includes a discussion of literary domesticity, locating the autobiography within the history of Twain's literary work and within Twain's own understanding and experience of domestic concerns. Editor(s): Kiskis, Michael J. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299234744
- ISBN
- 9780299234744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.43
€ 23.43
Hardcover. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333294017
- ISBN
- 9780333294017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Hardback. Here, Mark Knight offers an analysis of Gilbert Keith Chesterton and the influence of his late 19th- and early 20th-century fiction. Arguing that a serious analysis of the nature of evil is at the center of Chesterton's fiction, Knight provides a means of locating Chesterton's work among theological and cultural concerns of his age. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223091
- ISBN
- 9780823223091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.07
€ 91.07
Hardback. Richard Jefferies' After London is uncanny and intriguing, an adventure story, quest romance, dystopia, and Darwinian novel rolled into one, but also a pioneering work of Victorian science fiction. Editor(s): Frost, Mark. Series: Edinburgh critical editions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402392
- ISBN
- 9781474402392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.96€ 109.07
€ 118.96
€ 109.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Repeater
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910924389
- ISBN
- 9781910924389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Why have theorists approached narrative primarily as a form of retrospect? Mark Currie argues that anticipation and other forms of projection into the future are vital for an understanding of narrative and its effects in the world. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642465
- ISBN
- 9780748642465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.00
€ 33.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Bould, Mark; Butler, Andrew M.; Roberts, Adam; Vint, Sherryl. Series: Routledge Literature Companions. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415453790
- ISBN
- 9780415453790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.40
€ 88.40
Hardcover. Approaching the question of how male novelists perceive their female characters, this collection of creative yet analytic literary essays unwinds the complexities of male authorship versus narration. Mark Axelrod looks at a wide range of male authors including Fydor Dostoevsky, D.H. Lawrence, Carlos Fuentes, and the theories of Jacques Lacan. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137507259
- ISBN
- 9781137507259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardcover. An homage to Nabokov's Lectures on Literature, this collection of essays sheds new light on canonical authors such as Ibsen, Beckett, and Strindberg. Using style and structure as the connective thread, Mark Axelrod joins a wide and deep conversation on writers on writing. Num Pages: 105 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456090
- ISBN
- 9781137456090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.54
€ 104.54
Paperback. For decades, hobbits and the other fantastical creatures of Middle-earth have captured the imaginations of a fiercely loyal tribe of J R R Tolkien readers, all enhanced by the immense success of Peter Jackson's films: first 'The Lord of the Rings', and now his new 'The Hobbit'. This book explores the chief influences on J R R Tolkien's work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 46 integrated bw. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780769271
- ISBN
- 9781780769271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.22
€ 30.22