Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. Working Girls offers a cultural and literary history of telegraphists, typists, shop-girls, and barmaids. It argues that these occupations helped to shape a distinctively new identity for emancipated young women, and explores how authors used this to navigate a precarious literary landscape. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724841
- ISBN
- 9780198724841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.96
€ 154.96
hardcover. In her short life, Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) authored two novels, 32 stories and numerous essays. This work addresses the conflicts O'Connor experienced as a "southern lady" and professional author. It considers the reasons for feminist critical neglect of the writer. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920122
- ISBN
- 9780813920122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.27
€ 63.27
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718257
- ISBN
- 9780804718257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.03
€ 105.03
Hardcover. This book takes a fresh look at childhood in Dickens' works and in Victorian science and culture more generally. It offers a new way of understanding Dickens' interest in childhood by showing how his fascination with new scientific ideas about childhood and practices of scientific inquiry shaped his narrative techniques and aesthetic imagination. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362490
- ISBN
- 9781137362490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. A collection of essays which examine the way in which fantasy literature functions as cultural and social criticism. Essays on Tolkien, Le Guin, Angela Carter, H.G. Wells and C.S. Lewis are included, as well as works by William Burroughs, Ford Madox Ford and Salman Rushdie are discussed. Editor(s): Filmer, Kath. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333569542
- ISBN
- 9780333569542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.02
€ 194.02
Paperback. Explores the evolution of the socialist realist novel as a myth-like genre. Combining intellectual and literary history, this work traces the development of the novel's master plot from its origins in the mid-19th century to its end at the close of the 20th. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213679
- ISBN
- 9780253213679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.56
€ 26.56
Hardback. Featuring essays by scholars from around the globe, Kate Chopin in Context revitalizes discussions on the famed 19th-century author of The Awakening. Expanding the horizons of Chopin's influence, contributors offer readers glimpses into the multi-national appreciation and versatility of the author's works, including within the classroom setting. Editor(s): Ostman, Heather; O'Donoghue, Kate. Series: American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137551795
- ISBN
- 9781137551795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.43
€ 116.43
Hardback. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. Arguing that neo-Victorian fiction enacts and celebrates cultural memory, this book uses memory discourse to position these novels as dynamic participants in the contemporary historical imaginary. Num Pages: 231 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228580
- ISBN
- 9780230228580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.25
€ 40.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679287
- ISBN
- 9780816679287
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. This book addresses a critically neglected genre used by women writers from Gaskell to Woolf to complicate Victorian and modernist notions of gender and social space. Their innovative short stories ask Britons to reconsider where women could live, how they could be identified, and whether they could be contained. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137359230
- ISBN
- 9781137359230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
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
Paperback
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
Hardback
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
Paperback
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
Paperback
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
Paperback
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
hardcover. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319291017
- ISBN
- 9783319291017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.55
€ 116.55
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