Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. The concluding volume of Herman Melville: A Biography confirms Hershel Parker's position as the world's leading Melville scholar, demonstrating his unrivaled biographical, literary, and historical imagination and providing a rich new portrait of a great-and profoundly American-artist. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 63, 63 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881862
- ISBN
- 9780801881862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.36
€ 49.99
€ 42.36
Paperback. A biography of Virginia Woolf which moves freely between a detailed life-story and attempts to understand significant questions. She is presented as occupying a distinct and even uneasy position within the Bloomsbury Set, and also as a radically sceptical, subversive, courageous feminist. Num Pages: 912 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099732518
- ISBN
- 9780099732518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.14
€ 25.99
€ 18.14
Hardback. Provides fresh insights into both famous and little-known episodes in Thomas Mann's life and into his writing - the only realm in which he ever felt free. This book shows how love, death, religion, and politics were not merely themes in "Buddenbrooks", "The Magic Mountain", and other works, but were woven into the fabric of his existence. Translator(s): Willson, Leslie. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press Group Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070698
- ISBN
- 9780691070698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.07
€ 103.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811200684
- ISBN
- 9780811200684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.14
€ 12.14
Hardback. Editor(s): Ziolkowski, Theodore. Translator(s): Ziolkowski, Yetta. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649351
- ISBN
- 9780691649351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.51
€ 150.51
Hardcover. Includes illustrations, of places, creatures, objects or tools, and processes connected with nineteenth-century whaling, that are original boxwood engravings by Massachusetts artist Barry Moser. Num Pages: 600 pages, 100 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 263 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520043541
- ISBN
- 9780520043541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.91
€ 54.99
€ 39.91
paperback. Collected in this volume are Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd-presented in the best texts available, those published during Melville's lifetime and corrected by the author. Editor(s): McCall, Dan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393976410
- ISBN
- 9780393976410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.66
€ 18.99
€ 17.66
Paperback. This is an accurate version of Melville's final novel. Based on a close analysis of the manuscript, thoroughly annotated and packaged with history of the text and perspectives for its criticism. Editor(s): Hayford, Harrison. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 442 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226321325
- ISBN
- 9780226321325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.37
€ 24.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 24. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801487613
- ISBN
- 9780801487613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Hardcover. With references to his work appearing everywhere from the New Yorker to The Simpsons, Joseph Conrad remains one of the twentieth century's most widely discussed literary figures. This title analyzes both conrad's early and major works, including "The Nigger of the Narcissus", "Heart of Darkness", "Lord Jim", and "Nostromo". Num Pages: 234 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726338
- ISBN
- 9780896726338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.84
€ 41.99
€ 35.84
Paperback. This incisive biography begins withthe spectacularly tragic last day of the militant Japanese novelist, perhaps best known for his monumental four-book masterpiece The Sea of Fertility. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39. BIC Classification: 2GJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815410744
- ISBN
- 9780815410744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.91
€ 20.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Collister, Peter. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930848
- ISBN
- 9780813930848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Hardcover. Editor(s): Collister, Peter. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930831
- ISBN
- 9780813930831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.15
€ 132.15
Hardcover. Editor(s): Collister, Peter. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930817
- ISBN
- 9780813930817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.40
€ 92.40
Hardcover. Previously unpublished letters that shed light on the personal side of Henry James, and on the times in which he lived and wrote Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472110100
- ISBN
- 9780472110100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.45
€ 94.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Trent Editions United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780905488431
- ISBN
- 9780905488431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.33
€ 10.33
Hardback. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269859
- ISBN
- 9780803269859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.84
€ 101.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 872 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 872
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674387836
- ISBN
- 9780674387836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.19€ 104.27
€ 115.19
€ 104.27
Paperback. Nine of James's most important tales, including (new to the second edition) "In the Cage," a tale that engages James's complicated attitudes toward gender, class, and the rise of information technology. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393977103
- ISBN
- 9780393977103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.51
€ 18.99
€ 17.51
Paperback. The text of this 1902 novel is again that of the fully corrected and annotated reprint of the New York Edition (1909), together with James's preface and the two frontispieces he commissioned for the New York Edition of The Wings of the Dove. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393978810
- ISBN
- 9780393978810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.53
€ 19.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435160
- ISBN
- 9780140435160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.11
€ 26.99
€ 20.11
Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538591
- ISBN
- 9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.15
€ 9.99
€ 9.15
Paperback. The Second Edition of this Norton Critical Edition of Fielding's great novel reprints the definitive fourth edition text (1749, dated 1750), "Carefully revis'd and corrected/By Henry Fielding, Esq;", the last in his lifetime. Editor(s): Baker, Sheridan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 810
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393965940
- ISBN
- 9780393965940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.42
€ 17.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. "Shamela" is a parody of Samuel Richardson's "Pamela", in which a virtuous servant girl long resists her master's advances and is eventually 'rewarded' with marriage. "Joseph Andrews", Fielding's first novel, can also be seen as a response to Richardson, as the lascivious Lady Booby sets out to seduce her comically chaste servant Joseph. Editor(s): Hawley, Judith. Num Pages: 432 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0006000
- ISBN
- 9780140433869
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99