Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. This book offers a significant statement about the contemporary British novel in relation to three authors: Graham Swift, Ian McEwan, and Kazuo Ishiguro. All writing at the forefront of a generation, these authors sought to resuscitate the novel's ethico-political credentials, at a time which did not seem conducive to such a project. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350190
- ISBN
- 9781137350190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. This study posits that the narrative of sibling love as a culturally significant tradition in nineteenth-century American fiction. Ultimately, Emily E. VanDette suggests that these novels contribute to historical conversations about affiliation in such tumultuous contexts as sectional divisions, slavery debates, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Num Pages: 218 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287182
- ISBN
- 9781137287182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Longman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582823082
- ISBN
- 9780582823082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Hardcover. This book is devoted to studying the visual representations of Jose Marti's body and the discourses of power that make it possible for Marti's images to be perceived as icons today. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340756
- ISBN
- 9780230340756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.96
€ 66.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; DSBB; DSK; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060750664
- ISBN
- 9780060750664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.31
€ 16.99
€ 15.31
Contains an Introduction, suggestions for further reading, a note on the translation, and an appendix on Zola's notes on Anzin. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 544 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 33. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603846271
- ISBN
- 9781603846271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.28
€ 45.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. Contains an Introduction, suggestions for further reading, a note on the translation, and an appendix on Zola's notes on Anzin. Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 544 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603846264
- ISBN
- 9781603846264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.62
€ 14.99
€ 12.62
Paperback. Tracing the history of the Catholic-authored novel in nineteenth-century Ireland, this work offers a tour of Ireland's literary landscape from its early origins during the Catholic political resurgence of the 1820s to the transformative zenith brought on by James Joyce's "Ulysses" in 1922. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631750
- ISBN
- 9780815631750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.70
€ 24.70
Hardcover. Tracing the history of the Catholic-authored novel in nineteenth-century Ireland, this work offers a tour of Ireland's literary landscape from its early origins during the Catholic political resurgence of the 1820s to the transformative zenith brought on by James Joyce's "Ulysses" in 1922. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HRCC7. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631200
- ISBN
- 9780815631200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Hardback. Editor(s): Godfrey, Emelyne. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523396
- ISBN
- 9781137523396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.36
€ 151.36
Hardback. Now in paperback, this book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. It charts the shift from the use of body armour to the adoption of exotic martial arts through the works of popular playwrights and novelists, examining changing ideals of urban, middle-class heroism. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273450
- ISBN
- 9780230273450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.56
€ 67.56
Hardcover. This exploration into the development of women's self-defence from 1850 to 1914 features major writers, including H.G. Wells, Elizabeth Robins and Richard Marsh, and encompasses an unusually wide-ranging number of subjects from hatpin crimes to the development of martial arts for women. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300316
- ISBN
- 9780230300316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. This study of the sub-Saharan African novel interprets representations of Islam as a central organising presence that generates new conceptual questions and demands new critical frameworks with which to approach categories like nationhood, race, diaspora, immigration, and Africa's multiple colonial pasts. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2AB; DSK; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108431
- ISBN
- 9780230108431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.60
€ 128.60
Hardback. Michie's fresh reading of the marriage plot, and the choice between two women at its heart, shows it to be as much about politics and economics as it is about personal choice. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401867
- ISBN
- 9781421401867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05€ 67.09
€ 73.05
€ 67.09
Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478086
- ISBN
- 9780801478086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.76
€ 21.99
€ 21.76
Hardcover. Begins with three case studies, each of which probes one facet of the relationship between women and fiction in the early 19th Century. This book examines in turn the prefaces written by four women for a novel about women; the activities of a woman editor and writer of fiction; and writings on fiction by three leading literary women. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021464
- ISBN
- 9780674021464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.06
€ 54.99
€ 46.06
Hardback. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088375
- ISBN
- 9780674088375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.98
€ 54.99
€ 45.98
Hardcover. Women and Exile in Contemporary Irish Fiction examines how contemporary Irish authors have taken up the history of the Irish woman migrant. It situates these writers' work in relation to larger discourses of exile in the Irish literary tradition and examines how they engage with the complex history of Irish emigration. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285767
- ISBN
- 9780230285767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Paperback. This volume reflects on the late-1990s fascination with Sappho's "afterlife". The essays examine the changing interpretations of scholars and writers who have read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206038
- ISBN
- 9780520206038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.88
€ 35.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. This volume considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the western cultural tradition. Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206014
- ISBN
- 9780520206014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52
Hardcover. Editor(s): Friedman, Ellen G.; Martin, Richard; Firedman, Ellen G. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564780799
- ISBN
- 9781564780799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. This book identifies and interprets the longstanding, transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBS; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625482
- ISBN
- 9780748625482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.88€ 108.80
€ 116.88
€ 108.80
Paperback. A quirky popular reference book for literature lovers weary in brain and body and in need of a novel cure .. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857864215
- ISBN
- 9780857864215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716531814
- ISBN
- 9780716531814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.27
€ 27.99
€ 21.27