Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. A clear, theoretically-grounded, chronological study of Maturin's six novels. A new critical paradigm by which to view and read Irish Romantic fiction. Offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Maturin and his fiction available today. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085321
- ISBN
- 9780719085321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.23
€ 143.23
Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935126
- ISBN
- 9780813935126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.47
€ 97.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022365
- ISBN
- 9780268022365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.14
€ 38.99
€ 36.14
Paperback. How can we approach Margaret Laurence's writing in a postcolonial and postmodern age? "Challenging Territory" is a collection of essays that examine positionality across the range of Laurence's writing, from her early journalism through the fiction to the late nonfiction. Editor(s): Riegel, Christian. Num Pages: 282 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DQ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888642899
- ISBN
- 9780888642899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.70
€ 29.99
€ 21.70
Paperback. Most widely known as the controversial OFSTED Chief, Chris Woodhead held forthright views that turned up the volume of the national education debate. As journalism, education is at the core of this book, but it also reflects his passions for literature and climbing, and concludes with his courageous thoughts on assisted dying. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JHBZ; JNL; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908684820
- ISBN
- 9781908684820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.79
€ 19.99
€ 15.79
Hardback. By including novels written from a range of political perspectives, Vanden Bossche discovers patterns in Victorian thinking that are easily recognized in today's assumptions about social hierarchy. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412085
- ISBN
- 9781421412085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.30
€ 73.30
Hardcover. This book examines terraforming in science fiction and shows how, amidst contemporary anxieties about climate change, it has come to offer an important vantage from which to consider the ways humankind shapes and is shaped by their world. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382844
- ISBN
- 9781781382844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.36
€ 56.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 231 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168069
- ISBN
- 9780231168069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.03
€ 112.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168076
- ISBN
- 9780231168076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.96
€ 33.96
Paperback. Obscure Locks offers a detailed annotation of Samuel Beckett's most enigmatic novel, Watt. It provides a page by page account of the demented details (literary, philosophical, theological, biographical and other) that went into the making of this encyclopaedic novel. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641512
- ISBN
- 9780748641512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.27
€ 37.99
€ 34.27
Paperback. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla.: Journal of Beckett Studies Books, c2004. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416. The Annotated 'Murphy'. 264 pages, Illustrations. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla.: Journal of Beckett Studies Books, c2004. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight: 416.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641505
- ISBN
- 9780748641505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.23
€ 34.99
€ 31.23
Hardcover. Editor(s): Buckley, Chloe; Ilott, Sarah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197902
- ISBN
- 9781845197902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.44
€ 156.44
Paperback. Examines the political nature of culture and specifically literature. This title challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how 'imperialist' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and degradation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. 128 pages. This work is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author - his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight: 126.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953854
- ISBN
- 9781841953854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.46
€ 13.99
€ 10.46
Paperback. This text presents eight Nigerian women writers and proposes a vernacular theory based on their work. Flora Nwapa, Adaora Lily Ulasi, Buchi Emecheta are some of the writers included. The importance of children and community in the literary tradition of African womanism is assessed. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226620855
- ISBN
- 9780226620855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.47
€ 49.47
Paperback. An examination of Joyce as one of the greatest modern writers, and a study of his life in relation to his four great books: "Dubliners", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Ulysses" and "Finnegans Wake". Photographs of Joyce, his family and his surroundings cover all phases of his life. Series: Thames & Hudson Literary Lives. Num Pages: 144 pages, 124 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 182 x 9. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500260180
- ISBN
- 9780500260180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.66
€ 9.99
€ 9.66
hardcover. This study places Djuna Barnes's early work in the context of symbolist ideas and practices. It presents Barnes not only as a woman writer, but also as an American writer, especially in her attention to the search for identity and to the conflict between individual values and those of society. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Susquehanna University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941664172
- ISBN
- 9780941664172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.91
€ 89.91
Paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039829
- ISBN
- 9781570039829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.70
€ 35.70
Paperback. The enchanting true story of Stephenie Meyer, the Queen of Twilight. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KAK0002952
- ISBN
- 9781844549368
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Balancing analyses of plot, character, and motif with insights into the cultural and political milieu of the late Heian period, this title calls for a re-evaluation of late Heian fiction. It examines 3 texts - "The Tale of Sagoromo", "The Tale of the Hamamatsu Middle Counselor", and "Nezame at Night" - as heirs to the literary legacy of "Genji". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025073
- ISBN
- 9780674025073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.50
€ 55.50
Fictions of the Feminine in the Nineteenth-Century Spanish Press
Charnon-Deutsch, Lou (Professor Of Hispanic L...
hardcover. Series: Penn State Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 320 pages, 192 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 275 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271019130
- ISBN
- 9780271019130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.82
€ 124.82
Paperback. John Burroughs combined scientific observation with poetic spirit in his nature writing. This collection of essays explores Burrough's life and character, as well as his role as a writer and his relationships with contemporaries including Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson and Muir. Editor(s): Walker, Charlotte Zoe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606376
- ISBN
- 9780815606376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.02
€ 24.99
€ 24.02
Hardcover. John Burroughs combined scientific observation with poetic spirit in his nature writing. This collection of essays explores Burrough's life and character, as well as his role as a writer and his relationships with contemporaries including Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson and Muir. Editor(s): Walker, Charlotte Zoe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628422
- ISBN
- 9780815628422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.97
€ 70.97
Paperback. A collection of writings from Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the most important American feminist of the early twentieth century. Includes the chilling and hugely influential 'The Yellow Wallpaper', which documents the powerless of women in Victorian marriage. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844085583
- ISBN
- 9781844085583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.85
€ 13.99
€ 10.85
Paperback. An anthology of fiction by one of America's important feminist writers, the author of the "Yellow Wallpaper", in which a woman is driven mad by chauvinist psychiatry. Collected here, by Lane, are 18 stories and fragments, including a selection from "Herland", Gilman's feminist Utopia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DQ; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918761
- ISBN
- 9780813918761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88