Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. Kate Grenville's "The Secret River" was one of the most loved novels of 2006. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. This book tells the story of how Grenville came to write this book. It maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in our lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DSBH; DSK; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168. The Story Behind the Bestselling Novel. 240 pages, Illustrations. Kate Grenville's "The Secret River" was one of the most loved novels of 2006. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. This book tells the story of how Grenville came to write this book. It maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in our lives. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MBF; DSBH; DSK; WQY. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight: 176.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847670021
- ISBN
- 9781847670021
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Explores how authors used the Gothic novel to challenge the false claim of home as a safe, protected place. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252060489
- ISBN
- 9780252060489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336833
- ISBN
- 9780880336833
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
€ 23.99
€ 18.04
Paperback. This book focuses specifically on short fiction written since 1950, a particularly rich and diverse period in the history of the form. A selective approach has been taken, focusing on the best and most representative work. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627660
- ISBN
- 9780748627660
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.94
€ 34.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. What is it that shocks newcomers to the works of Flannery O'Connor and what makes them return? Her language, images, settings and characters touches deeper layers of human experience. This book presents readings of her stories, aimed at proving that she is a master of showing mystery through manners, depth through precision. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772889375
- ISBN
- 9788772889375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.80
€ 25.80
Paperback. Focusing on the significance of place in North American fiction, this work includes chapters on Indian tent rings, the black search for place in America, the sense of place in William Styron's "Sophie's Choice", and Flannery O'Connor's "Displaced Persons". Editor(s): Westarp, Karl-Heinz. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883700
- ISBN
- 9788772883700
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Condition: New
€ 11.50
€ 11.50
Paperback. New essays introducing a broad range of novelists of the Weimar period. Editor(s): Leydecker, Karl. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456. Intersections of Literature and Politics. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 296 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Leydecker, Karl. New essays introducing a broad range of novelists of the Weimar period. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134691
- ISBN
- 9781571134691
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.17
€ 41.99
€ 40.17
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415852111
- ISBN
- 9780415852111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 84 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 3H; DSBB; DSK; HBG; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 84
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772897141
- ISBN
- 9788772897141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Get everything you need to achieve your full potential at English Literature A Level or AS with York Notes Study Guides, now updated for Assessment Objectives 1 to 5. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK; DSRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 212 x 298 x 8. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292138176
- ISBN
- 9781292138176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.96
€ 11.99
€ 11.96
Paperback. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 291 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447948834
- ISBN
- 9781447948834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Paperback. Recovers Twain's final years as they really were - lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm. Num Pages: 365 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250000
- ISBN
- 9780520250000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Hardcover. Examining the work of three authors: Richardson, Haywood and Burney, and their representation of domestic space, this book argues that to make such spaces accessible to modern readers they need to have information of the real domestic. By recreating specifics of these spaces this book innervates the fictional domestic interior for modern readers. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355279
- ISBN
- 9780230355279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691609836
- ISBN
- 9780691609836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632597
- ISBN
- 9780815632597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.30
€ 46.30
The Immigrant Experience in American Fiction: An Annotated Bibliograph...
Kanoza, Theresa; Simone, Roberta
hardcover. Over 600 descriptive citations. Comprehensive coverage from the late 19th century through the first half of 1994 of adult and young adult novels, collections of stories, anthologies, and secondary sources. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810829626
- ISBN
- 9780810829626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.10
€ 147.10
Hardback. Angela Johnson is a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Author award, the Prinz prize, a MacArthur Foundation genius award, and numerous other book awards. This book introduces Johnson's work, illuminating its nuances through research and interviews and correspondence with her. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810850927
- ISBN
- 9780810850927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.35
€ 96.35
Hardback. In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in Conversation illuminates the extent to which gender shaped conversational interaction and demonstrates the significance of conversation as a rhetorical practice for women. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298620
- ISBN
- 9780230298620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of Defoe's oeuvre from the perspective of the historian. Clark presents Defoe by recovering the theological basis of his intellectual commitments, establishing him as a crucial figure in the evolution of theories about war and property, conquest and commerce, religious toleration and civil society. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971369
- ISBN
- 9780333971369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333281017
- ISBN
- 9780333281017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.03€ 55.72
€ 157.03
€ 55.72
Hardback. Features selections that illustrate the author's literary development from an associative, highly structured early prose to the more chronologically narrated novels. This anthology concludes with an interview in which the author considers the psychology of writing, and the relationship of literature and reality. Editor(s): Ittner, Jutta. Translator(s): Ittner, Jutta. Num Pages: 347 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838757093
- ISBN
- 9780838757093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.30
€ 161.30
Hardcover. Virginia Woolf, Jeanette Winterson, and Ali Smith share an ecological philosophy of the world as one highly interconnected entity comprised of multiple and equal, human and non-human participants. This study argues that these writers' texts have an ecological significance in fostering respect for and understanding of difference, human and nonhuman. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308435
- ISBN
- 9780230308435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.99
€ 193.99
Hardcover. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857282965
- ISBN
- 9780857282965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.21
€ 139.21
Hardback. This examination of his fiction and non-fiction reveals Huxley's significance for cross-disciplinary debates between religion, science and literature, and provides examples of the transmission or refraction of knowledge from one discourse to another. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333637678
- ISBN
- 9780333637678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78