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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. This collection of essays, contributed by scholars of French literature and film, explores the dynamic relationship between Zola's fiction and its film adaptations, examining critically significant cinematic adaptations of Zola's novels from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. Editor(s): Gural-Migdal, Anna; Singer, Robert. Num Pages: 208 pages, photographs, filmography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; APF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Publisher
MC Farland & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786421152
ISBN
9780786421152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Hardback. Editor(s): Snaith, Anna. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403904041
ISBN
9781403904041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Hardback. The essays in this volume represent multiple perspectives on Lawrence Durrell's sojourn in the Hellenic diaspora and his art's connection to the Greek world. Editor(s): Lillios, Anna. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910765
ISBN
9781575910765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.73

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107446014
ISBN
9781107446014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573093927
ISBN
9781573093927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408842416
ISBN
9781408842416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. A memoir about the magic and inspiration of books from a beloved and best-selling author. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393254815
ISBN
9780393254815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.78

Hardcover. This monograph offers an interdisciplinary approach to the growing field of New Woman studies by exploring the relationship between the first wave feminist literature, the 19th-century women's movement and female consumer culture. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333794166
ISBN
9780333794166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardcover. In contrast to many 20th-century Swift studies, this text looks at Jonathan Swift as a practical exponent of the popular and impressario of the literary image, and thus provides a view of print culture, the commodification of the author and the history of popular culture. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 423.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239596
ISBN
9780312239596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardcover. How are linguistic wars for global prominence literarily and linguistically inscribed in literature? This book focuses on the increasing presence of cosmetic multilingualism in prize-winning fiction, making a case for an emerging transparent-turn in which momentary multilingualism works in the service of long-term monolingualism. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137340351
ISBN
9781137340351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Hardback. Why do true crime stories exert such popular fascination? What do they have to say about the fear of crime in the present moment? This book examines the historical origins and development of true crime and its evolution into distinctive contemporary forms. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BTC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 501.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333745472
ISBN
9780333745472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.77

Hardback. This book analyses the representation of the past and the practice of historiography in the fiction and critical writings of Virginia Woolf, and draws parallels between Woolf's historiographical imagination and the thought of Walter Benjamin, the German philosopher of history and key theorist of modernity. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230537583
ISBN
9780230537583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Introduces the work of twenty-nine authors from the Arab world writing in Arabic, English, French and Hebrew. This title provides a framework for Arab writing, locating it alongside contemporary world literature. It states that Arabic literature reflects the Western postmodern condition without denying its own traditions. Editor(s): Neuwirth, Angelika; Pflitsch, Andreas; Winckler, Barbara. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863566943
ISBN
9780863566943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. The record of the young Angelica Garnett's struggle to emerge from the extraordinary and intense milieu of the Bloomsbury Set as a mature and independent woman. She creates a poignant picture of her mother, Vanessa Bell, of her own emerging individuality, and of the Bloomsbury era. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712662666
ISBN
9780712662666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 90. Series: Focus on. 48 pages. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight: 86.
Publisher
Non Basic Stock Line
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075255
ISBN
9781906075255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.29

Hardback. This book documents how Oscar Wilde was appropriated as a fictional character by no less than thirty-two of his contemporaries, including such celebrated writers as Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, George Bernard Shaw and Bram Stoker. Num Pages: 318 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; DSBF; DSG; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600232
ISBN
9780230600232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.63

Paperback. .
Publisher
Truran United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850221784
ISBN
9781850221784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.24

Hardcover. The author analyses six novels of the "boom" in Cuban fiction of the 1990s that subvert homogenized views of Cuban identity. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 299 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662711
ISBN
9781855662711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Pearson York Notes
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405896160
ISBN
9781405896160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Hardback. This brilliantly original study uncovers a side to Napoleon Bonaparte which has hitherto been ignored by biographers -- that of the aspiring novelist and man of letters. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745625355
ISBN
9780745625355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. Richard Wright's "Native Son" (1940) presents an account of crime and racism which remain the source of profound disagreement both within African-American culture and throughout the world. Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this book acts as a guide to this novel and provides a range of perspectives. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415344487
ISBN
9780415344487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.18

Paperback. In this comprehensive and lucid critical study, Andrew Teverson examines the intellectual, biographical, literary and cultural contexts from which Rushdie's fiction springs in order to help the reader make sense of the often complex debates that surround the life and work of this major contemporary figure. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719070518
ISBN
9780719070518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. This book will provide the first study of how the Gothic engages with ecocritical ideas. The book's focus is from the late eighteenth century to the present day, via consideration of a number of national and global contexts and different media including short stories, novels and films. Editor(s): Hughes, William; Smith, Andrew W. M. Series Editor(s): Bronfen, Elisabeth; Bruhm, Steven; Gelder, Ken; Hogle, Jerrold E.; Horner, Avril; Hughes, William. Series: International Gothic Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AFPS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 303 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526106896
ISBN
9781526106896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333220931
ISBN
9780333220931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.37

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