Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. Revises the intellectual history of nineteenth-century Britain by demonstrating that political economists and the writers who often presented themselves as their literary antagonists actually held most of their basic social assumptions in common. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136301
- ISBN
- 9780691136301
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.27
€ 43.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. An autobiography which presents a story that revolves around the author's mother. It offers an account of living with hardship and poverty as seen through the eyes of a sensitive child and woman. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 25. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552140935
- ISBN
- 9780552140935
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801435348
- ISBN
- 9780801435348
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Condition: New
€ 57.95
€ 57.95
Paperback. In the light of poststructuralist theory, and with reference to the work of Lacan and Derrida in particular, Catherine Belsey argues that fiction -- including poetry, drama and film -- is paradoxically the most serious location of writing about desire in Western cultura. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631168140
- ISBN
- 9780631168140
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Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Volume of essays, selected from the 2007 International Cather Seminar, exploring the geographic locations and cultures that informed Cather's writing Editor(s): Palleau-Papin, Francoise; Murphy, John J.; Palleau, Francoise; Thacker, Robert. Series: Cather Studies. Num Pages: 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803230255
- ISBN
- 9780803230255
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. It contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140081954
- ISBN
- 9780140081954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. The aged Judge Clane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson, Jester, is involuntarily drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphan who feels the sharp sting of racial injustice. Through the eyes of these individuals, the author explores the roots of racial prejudice, and the dual moralities of the town's leading whites. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140083583
- ISBN
- 9780140083583
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. This study examines the novels of Patrick White, the great Australian writer and Nobel Prize-winner. It begins from the observation that major characters in his novels undergo a failure. This failure paradoxically enables their success within the context of what White has called the 'overreaching grandeur' which circumscribes human existence. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear and some edgewear to DW
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001347
- ISBN
- 9780333388693
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Explodes the myth that Lewis was a misogynist and shows how his approach to women is pertinent to contemporary culture. Editor(s): Curtis, Carolyn; Key, Mary Pomroy. Num Pages: 288 pages, Black and white pics of contributors in text. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745956947
- ISBN
- 9780745956947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
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: 2AB; 4KHT; DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582313811
- ISBN
- 9780582313811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.37
€ 9.37
Hardback. Series: Apercus: Histories Texts Cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483741
- ISBN
- 9781611483741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662629
- ISBN
- 9781855662629
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Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardcover. Investigates how the Irish cultural debate informed O'Nolan's early fiction and journalism. This work offers an assessment of his work in its Irish context, arguing that his self-reflexive comic writing betrays a crisis of literary identity that is rooted in the cultural dynamics of post-Independence Ireland. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184424
- ISBN
- 9781859184424
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Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Hardback. Written from various critical standpoints by international scholars, Scottish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion interrogates the ways in which the concepts of the Gothic and Scotland have intersected and been manipulated from the mideighteenth century to the present day. Editor(s): Davison, Carol Margaret; Germana, Dr. Monica. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black and white illustrations, 1 line art. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; DSB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474408196
- ISBN
- 9781474408196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.91€ 109.07
€ 118.91
€ 109.07
Paperback. A fresh, multicultural reading of the work of women writers of the Progressive era that places their fiction in the context of their reform journalism and political activism. Num Pages: 256 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118514
- ISBN
- 9780231118514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Hardback. This study provides annotations for 300 translated works of fiction by 97 Japanese women writers from the 1890s through the 1990s. It also includes over 600 annotations of articles, books and reviews that cover biographical and critical materials. Num Pages: 670 pages, bibliography, index, chronology, glossary. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 41. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 670
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840867
- ISBN
- 9780810840867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 312.36
€ 312.36
Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405861854
- ISBN
- 9781405861854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Paperback. A critical edition of Carlos Fuentes' 1962 novel, *Aura*, accompanied by an introduction and notes on the text. Editor(s): Standish, Peter. Series: Durham Modern Language Series. Num Pages: 52 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 4. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 52
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081835
- ISBN
- 9780719081835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.96
€ 25.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press Princeton
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691013053
- ISBN
- 9780691013053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.49
€ 65.40
€ 51.49
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 39. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848404571
- ISBN
- 9781848404571
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.81
€ 32.99
€ 22.81
Paperback. Uncovers the connections between the Chicago school of sociology - exemplified by William Thomas, Robert Park and Robert Redfield - and the great Chicago novelists of the 1930s, Nelson Algren, Richard Wright and James T. Farrell, all of whom integrated sociological theories into their own work. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081290
- ISBN
- 9780231081290
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. An increasingly popular genre, addressing issues of space, language, colonialism, globalization and politics, travel writing offers the reader a movement between the familiar and the unknown. This book offers a useful introduction for those new to the subject, as well as a crucial overview of the terminology, history and debates within the field. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; WTL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 132 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415444651
- ISBN
- 9780415444651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.48
€ 38.99
€ 35.48
Hardcover. Essays showcasing Ali and Nino as particularly topical for today's readers both in and out of the classroom, and providing a number of diverse approaches to it. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139900
- ISBN
- 9781571139900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardback. Editor(s): Sederholm, Carl H.; Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816699247
- ISBN
- 9780816699247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.65
€ 94.65