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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardcover. This work gives an overview of trends in American crime fiction. It focuses on the work of popular and award-winning authors since 1985. Attention is given to writers who have re-worked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 493.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333674550
ISBN
9780333674550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.26

Paperback. Hannah Webster Foster's two major Early American works with a wealth of primary materials are now available in a Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Harris, Jennifer; Waterman, Bryan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
435
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393931679
ISBN
9780393931679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. The `sentimental novel', in the tradition established by Samuel Richardson, was very popular in post-revolutionary America. This novel and `Charlotte Temple' were two of the most successful examples. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195042399
ISBN
9780195042399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526116895
ISBN
9781526116895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

She-Wolf explores the cultural history of the female werewolf, from her first appearance in medieval literature to recent incarnations in film, television and popular literature. Editor(s): Priest, Hannah. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089343
ISBN
9780719089343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 162.93

Paperback. The Coquette, one of the first American best-sellers, is paired in this edition with an important but previously unavailable short novel by Foster. Editor(s): Desiderio, Jennifer; Vietto, Angela. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119984
ISBN
9781551119984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.62

Paperback. Hanif Kureishi offers an insight into the birth of a writer - himself - through this memoir that conjures up a family story of how he found his own literary calling from the ashes of his father's failed attempts in the past even as the world turned upside down and India split in two along religious lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
FABER AND FABER
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571224043
ISBN
9780571224043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. With a new introduction by the authors, this paperback edition of Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture takes the complete body of work of a major novelist as the basis for rethinking ethnographic representation and cross-cultural analysis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690480
ISBN
9780847690480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.79

Hardback. The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137450081
ISBN
9781137450081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.78

Hardcover. The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000 is a collection of the most influential writings on the theory of the novel from the twentieth century. * Traces the rise of novel theory and the extension of its influence into other disciplines, especially social, cultural and political theory. Editor(s): Hale, Dorothy J. Num Pages: 840 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 188 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107730
ISBN
9781405107730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.90

Hardcover. Containing three interconnected essays, this book sets Ha Jin's own work and life alongside those of other literary exiles, creating a conversation across cultures and between eras. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226399881
ISBN
9780226399881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.46

Hardcover. Contains readings of nineteenth-century Irish women's prose works by various international scholars. This book looks at writers who have been ignored in Irish Studies and they draw attention to women's contributions to literary genres commonly associated with male writers. It examines prose writing that does not fit the usual categories. Editor(s): Hansson, Heidi. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184165
ISBN
9781859184165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811219501
ISBN
9780811219501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. Offers an account of the author's modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099507598
ISBN
9780099507598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.84

Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK; HBAH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137598639
ISBN
9781137598639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.94

Hardcover. Este libro muestra que Gabriel Miro no ha sido olvidado, sino que ha influido en la literatura hispanica posterior, en particular la novela de postguerra. ENGLISH VERSION This book shows that Gabriel Miro has been undervalued and how he has influenced Hispanic literature, particularly the novel of the post-Civil War period. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662704
ISBN
9781855662704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Hardback. A book, in which, the authors read some of the classics in the Russian novelistic tradition against a critique of the Lukacs-Bakhtin view of epic, all the while demonstrating the modernity of epic as a literary mode and arguing how some key Russian novels challenge or outgrow their generic form to re-imagine or re-invent a new, monumental one. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235537
ISBN
9781936235537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.22

Hardback. We must see to it that we put the best of ourselves in our letters; for there is nothing to suggest that we shall see each other again soon. So wrote Walter Benjamin to Gretel Adorno in spring 1940 from the south of France, shortly before he took his own life. Num Pages: 336 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636696
ISBN
9780745636696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.75

hardcover. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780761820130
ISBN
9780761820130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.63

Paperback. American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes. This book argues that such novels are in fact psychologically complex and sophisticated works which demand that readers take responsibility for the images of masculinity that they project on to these works. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726914
ISBN
9780814726914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

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