Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. The work of Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Carlyle and Mathew Arnold are explored in relation to ideas about fiction, journalism, drama, poetry, new women, gothic, horror and the Victorian sage. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. 232 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. The work of Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Carlyle and Mathew Arnold are explored in relation to ideas about fiction, journalism, drama, poetry, new women, gothic, horror and the Victorian sage. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight: 292.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625635
- ISBN
- 9780748625635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.56
€ 29.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0236782
- ISBN
- 9780801488863
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 386. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0236781
- ISBN
- 9780801488863
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Explores the psychology of prejudice and self-hate in the fiction of Mendele Mocher Sefarim, one of the key figures in modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature. The book presents an analysis of the tension between realism and caricature in Mendele's portrayal of the Russian Jews under tsarist rule. Num Pages: 142 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2CS; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 235.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774082
- ISBN
- 9781874774082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.05
€ 37.05
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603292092
- ISBN
- 9781603292092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.71
€ 128.71
Paperback. Alfredo Bryce Echenique is one of the most widely-read and most widely translated Latin American authors of recent decades, yet this is the first critical edition that makes his work available to students of Hispanic literatures in the English-speaking world. Editor(s): Wood, David. Series Editor(s): Davies, Catherine. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719064135
- ISBN
- 9780719064135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.75
€ 28.75
Features a wide-ranging series of essays by American, British, and European specialists in a variety of literary fields Written in an approachable and accessible style Covers both classic literary figures and contemporary novelists Provides extensive suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay. Editor(s): Seed, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405146913
- ISBN
- 9781405146913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Hardback. Toward the end of James's career, Charles Scribner's Sons offered to publish his collected work under the overall title The New York Edition of the Novels and Tales of Henry James. This book is the first comprehensive effort to apprehend the full complexity of James's self-performance there. Editor(s): McWhirter, David. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725644
- ISBN
- 9780804725644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.91
€ 176.91
Paperback. This Companion is a standard reference work for scholars and students of the Gothic from its origins to the present day. Providing stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and genealogy, it offers coverage of criticism of the Gothic and of the various theoretical approaches it has inspired and spawned. Editor(s): Punter, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231998
- ISBN
- 9780631231998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Paperback. Presents the study of nineteenth-century American literature. This title examines the contexts of and critical responses to the author's work. Editor(s): Davey, Michael J. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415247719
- ISBN
- 9780415247719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.49
€ 33.49
Paperback. There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer's canon as Jamaica Kincaid's mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid's efforts to free herself from her mother. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938462
- ISBN
- 9780813938462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.77
€ 40.77
Hardcover. There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer's canon as Jamaica Kincaid's mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid's efforts to free herself from her mother. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938448
- ISBN
- 9780813938448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.01
€ 108.01
Hardback. From Ishmael Reed and Toni Morrison to Colson Whitehead and Terry McMillan, this is a guide to contemporary African American literature. It presents information about the major authors, texts, movements, and ideas that have shaped contemporary African American fiction. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124720
- ISBN
- 9780231124720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.64
€ 113.64
Hardcover. An exploration of the major trends and developments during three decades that witnessed science fiction's most dramatic progression from subliterary escapist entertainment to a more sophisticated literature of ideas. Darren Harris-Fain suggests the current field with all its variety results from the preceding decades of writings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035852
- ISBN
- 9781570035852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.41
€ 57.41
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691622804
- ISBN
- 9780691622804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.07
€ 57.07
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649535
- ISBN
- 9780691649535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.13
€ 132.13
Paperback. Drawing on private letters and papers, and with the co-operation of Daphne du Maurier's family, the author explores the secret drama of her life - the stifling relationship with her father, actor-manager Gerald du Maurier; her troubled marriage to war hero and royal aide, 'Boy' Browning; her wartime love affair; and more. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099333319
- ISBN
- 9780099333319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. * A fascinating investigation of the creation of one of the most famous novels of all time Series: VMC. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844080908
- ISBN
- 9781844080908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.52
€ 14.99
€ 11.52
Paperback. This work is termed a "roman temoignage" (testimonial-novel) bridging documentary and fiction. Spanning six decades of Leonara's life, the book indirectly explores the economic, social and cultural life of Guadeloupe's peasants and working class, especially black women. Translator(s): Leskes, Andrea. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWVG; 2ADF; DNF; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915180
- ISBN
- 9780813915180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.70
€ 41.70
hardcover. The first study in English of the literary relationship between Beckett and Dante. It is a clear and innovative reading of Samuel Beckett and Dante's works and a critical engagement with contemporary theories of intertextuality Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press Manchester
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719071560
- ISBN
- 9780719071560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.47
€ 142.47
hardcover. The volume explores the paradoxes at the core of Beckett's poetics through the notion of 'nothing', analysed in its many incarnations in Beckett's prose works, plays, TV plays and adaptations. Editor(s): Caselli, Daniela. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press Manchester
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719080197
- ISBN
- 9780719080197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.78
€ 152.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Checkmark Books
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816078608
- ISBN
- 9780816078608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.77
€ 26.99
€ 26.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621902478
- ISBN
- 9781621902478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.06
€ 72.06
Hardcover. Daniel R. Schwarz has studied and taught the modern British novel for decades and now brings his impressive erudition and critical acuity to this insightful study of the major authors and novels of the first half of the twentieth century. * An insightful study of British fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226215
- ISBN
- 9780631226215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.09
€ 162.09