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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, 'Empire of the Sun', this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
Edition
1st Harper Perennial Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007272341
ISBN
9780007272341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933948
ISBN
9780813933948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933931
ISBN
9780813933931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Streitfeld, David. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612195896
ISBN
9781612195896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Hardback. This book argues that many of the mid-twentieth century's significant novelists were united by a desire to return the increasingly interior novel to ethical engagement. They did not seek morality in society, politics or the individual will, but sought to unveil a transcendent Good by using techniques drawn from the canon of mystical literature Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303546
ISBN
9780230303546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24

Hardback. As seen in fiction, newspaper accounts, and magic shows, the presence of ghosts pervaded the Victorian period. This book examines supernatural encounters in a wide range of Victorian writers including Dickens and Kipling. Cadwallader argues that these fictional spirits reflect how Victorians were adapting to rapid scientific and religious changes. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137559920
ISBN
9781137559920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.38

Paperback. A fully updated second edition of J. A. Burrow's hugely successful introduction to medieval English literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199532049
ISBN
9780199532049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

Paperback. The peculiar struggles of Canadian authors are writ large in the letters of Sinclair Ross. Editor(s): Stouck, Jordan, PhD; Stouck, David. Num Pages: 344 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645210
ISBN
9780888645210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Discusses significant fantasy books, films, television series and music. This book features different approaches that offer various insights into this popular genre. It includes chapters that provide a catalogue of analytical tools for the study of fantasy. It offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the diversity of fantasy. Editor(s): Christensen, J. Riber. Num Pages: 296 pages, music. BIC Classification: DSK; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9788773079621
ISBN
9788773079621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 142 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772898384
ISBN
9788772898384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Paperback. The author was a masterful letter writer whose correspondents included Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, Gore Vidal and Pier Paolo Pasolini. This book offers a collection of his letters. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198323
ISBN
9780141198323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. Blackness in a white genre Num Pages: 286 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222596
ISBN
9780253222596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892810024
ISBN
9780892810024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.65

Paperback. The life story of Isabel Allende - one of the world's favourite writers - is as exotic, passionate and inspiring as one of her novels. Translator(s): Sayers Peden, Margaret. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007163106
ISBN
9780007163106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. In this autobiographical work, the author remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the "bet din", or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle parents maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099422662
ISBN
9780099422662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453342
ISBN
9780801453342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.41

Paperback. This work builds an argument about liberalism and the realist movement by shifting the focus from the rise of both in the 18th century, to their breakdown at the end of the 19th century. The decline of realism and the eroding logic of liberalism is related to the question of Jewish characters. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226815350
ISBN
9780226815350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Everywhere you turn today, someone is talking to you - the television, the radio, cell phones, your computer. If you think some of the novels and stories you read are talking to you too, you're not alone. This book reads contemporary fiction as a form of conversation and as part of the larger conversation that is modern culture. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803278011
ISBN
9780803278011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857283191
ISBN
9780857283191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Paperback. New essays on the works and themes of Hesse, one of the most perennially relevant and widely-read German authors. Editor(s): Cornils, Ingo. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 450 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
450
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135810
ISBN
9781571135810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. This essential Companion to Thomas Pynchon provides all the necessary tools to unlock the challenging fiction of this postmodern master. Editor(s): Dalsgaard, Inger H.; Herman, Luc; McHale, Brian. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 212 pages. Editor(s): Dalsgaard, Inger H.; Herman, Luc; McHale, Brian. This essential Companion to Thomas Pynchon provides all the necessary tools to unlock the challenging fiction of this postmodern master. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 10. Weight: 348.
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780521173049
ISBN
9780521173049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.49

Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on female subjectivity. It features stories such as: "The Nocturnal Butterflies"; "Shadows in the Shadows"; and, "The Shunammite". Translator(s): Steele, Cynthia. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259270
ISBN
9780803259270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.45

Hardback. Introduces the "Westernesque femme fatale," an alluring figure who is ethnically Japanese but evokes the West in her physical appearance, lifestyle, behavior, and, most important, her use of language. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137867
ISBN
9780231137867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.43
€ 79.32

Paperback. 'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. 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: 80 pages, glossary, further reading. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 4KHT; DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
York Press
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582314559
ISBN
9780582314559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.31

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