Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. This Readers Guide offers a lively and accessible introduction to the essential criticism surrounding the fiction of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Jay Corwin explores major critical responses to Marquez's key works, from early and short fiction, to One Hundred Years of Solitude, through to Of Love and Other Demons. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513366
- ISBN
- 9781137513366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.69
€ 36.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Philip K Dick was one of the most incisive, subversive, and entertaining American authors of the last half of the twentieth century. This book examines the first eight cinematic adaptations of Dick's fiction in light of their literary sources. Num Pages: 5 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218604
- ISBN
- 9780803218604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.88
€ 20.88
Hardback. Underwriting the Accident shows how late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century novels taught Americans to classify a wide range of modern injuries as blameless accidents, which in turn became a powerful rationale for new and more interdependent modes of social organization. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775359
- ISBN
- 9780804775359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.52
€ 94.52
hardcover. By analysing the works of specific prison writers but not being limited to a single locale or narrow time span, Fitting Sentences offers a significant historical and global overview of a unique genre in literature. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802038333
- ISBN
- 9780802038333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.63
€ 80.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936239
- ISBN
- 9780813936239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.05
€ 61.05
Hardback. Provides an annotated guide to the wealth of biographical sources focusing on the life of Mark Twain. Num Pages: 144 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836303
- ISBN
- 9780810836303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.61
€ 106.61
paperback. Against a background of independence from France, Jarrod Hayes uses literary analysis to examine how Francophone novelists from the Maghreb imagined a diverse nation peopled by those excluded by the dominant political discourses, especially those breaching traditional sexual norms. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 2ADF; 5S; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226321066
- ISBN
- 9780226321066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. As early nationalist writers wrestled with the question, they proved how hard a question it is to answer and how great are the dangers in scripting its answers too easily. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KRS0017712
- ISBN
- 9780801865381
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. In 1969, Dr Weiss began making videos of authors, illustrators, and editors in the children's literature field. The result was a collection of videos, "Profiles in Literature". This text summarizes and quotes from the interviews in the video series and also expands/updates guest's background data. Num Pages: 416 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837874
- ISBN
- 9780810837874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.17
€ 141.17
Hardback. This study demonstrates that three subjects traditionally discussed separately - prostitution, hysteria and the popular novel - share a discourse of marginality and of female marginality in particular, central to the 19th-century experience in France. Num Pages: 422 pages, 18 illustration. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072069
- ISBN
- 9780231072069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.71
€ 118.84
€ 89.71
Hardback. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838639351
- ISBN
- 9780838639351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.41
€ 112.41
Paperback. This informative Companion offers a combination of original readings and factual background information. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 234 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 388. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 234 pages, 3 b/w illus. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. This informative Companion offers a combination of original readings and factual background information. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight: 388.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521279581
- ISBN
- 9780521279581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.29
€ 38.29
Hardcover. Features a collection of facts and insights into the life and times of the great novelist and the attitudes and customs that shaped both her and her work. This title looks at the facts of author's life and times, as well as stories about her novels, including: the marriage proposal that Austen accepted, only to change her mind, and more. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233005140
- ISBN
- 9780233005140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.05
€ 11.05
Hardback. Leading New Zealand and Australian children's authors tell the stories behind their books and share some of their writing secrets. Num Pages: 227 pages, 2M. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810829459
- ISBN
- 9780810829459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.66
€ 100.66
Paperback. This collection of writings looks at how the Nobel Laureate has navigated the tricky waters of being a public intellectual in the contentious world he inhabits, which touches on racism, sexism, animal rights, ecofeminism, and contemporary literature. Editor(s): Poyner, Jane. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821416877
- ISBN
- 9780821416877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
This is the first book to examine Sappho's poetry through the lens of lesbian desire. Snyder provides close readings of the surviving examples of Sappho's poetry, occasionally presenting comparative material from other ancient Greek poets. The original Greek text is included in an appendix. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; JFSJ; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231099943
- ISBN
- 9780231099943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.47
€ 136.47
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643854
- ISBN
- 9780691643854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.37
€ 133.37
Paperback. For more than fifty years, Assia Djebar, winner of the Neustadt Prize for Contribution to World Literature, used the tools of poetry, fiction, drama and film to vividly portray the world of Muslim women in all its complexity. This book traces Djebar's development as a writer against the backdrop of North Africa's tumultuous history. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 220 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316852
- ISBN
- 9781846316852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. This book argues that Woolf's preoccupation with the literary past had a profound impact on the content and structure of her novels. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623495
- ISBN
- 9780748623495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.66€ 129.49
€ 136.66
€ 129.49
Paperback. This is the first book to explore Virginia Woolf's preoccupation with the literary past and its profound impact on the content and structure of her novels. Num Pages: 232 pages, None. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748633029
- ISBN
- 9780748633029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. South Africa: A Botched Civilization? examines how South African novelists, both Black and white, portray the impact of racial conflict on the identities of both the oppressed and the oppressor. This book gives an in-depth analysis of several major authors and focuses on prejudice and its consequences. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; DSK; GTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- UPA
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761806059
- ISBN
- 9780761806059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.89
€ 78.89
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DVUA; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633008
- ISBN
- 9780691633008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.20
€ 106.20
Paperback. A study of J.R.R. Tolkien's zeal for medieval literary, religious and cultural ideas, which provided the seeds for his own fiction. It discusses not only such classics as "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Silmarillion", but focuses on his minor works as well. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 357.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190204
- ISBN
- 9780813190204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.58
€ 31.58
Paperback. This volume, first published in 2006, is a fully annotated scholarly edition of Austen's most popular novel. Editor(s): Rogers, Pat. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen. Num Pages: 624 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 38. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107620483
- ISBN
- 9781107620483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.26
€ 31.26