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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. For ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island High School in southwest Alaska. This book records one elder's attempt to create a moral universe for future generations through stories about the special knowledge of the Yupik people. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Shield, Sophie. Num Pages: 856 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
856
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295983509
ISBN
9780295983509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK; JFC; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476075
ISBN
9780801476075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.60

Hardback. This study presents the universal myth of the lost paradise in the first seven novels of Jacques Poulin and examines the way in which Poulin has adapted the myth for his own purposes. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838635131
ISBN
9780838635131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.72

Paperback. Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work; putting it into context, understanding the themes and narrative technique, as well as specialist terminology. Series: Film and Literature Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 4KLR; CJB; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual, Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471890161
ISBN
9781471890161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.85

Paperback. Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) instinctively turned to the epic mode to create archetypal narratives of loss, exile, and redemption. This title traces the development of Laurence's voice from its tentative beginnings in her African fiction to its culmination in the Manawaka Cycle. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644510
ISBN
9780888644510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415834445
ISBN
9780415834445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. This volume offers an illuminating look at the St Lucian, Nobel prize-winning writer, Derek Walcott, and grounds his work firmly in the context of West Indian history. Num Pages: 340 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226074276
ISBN
9780226074276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.72

Hardback. The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. It presents the history of Latin erotic elegy since Georg Luck's. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691096742
ISBN
9780691096742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644940
ISBN
9780816644940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.25

Hardback. In the introduction to this collection of essays, the editor discusses the background and critical reception of "The Crying of Lot 49". Further essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical and scientific contexts. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Patrick. Series Editor(s): Elliot, Emory (University of California, Riverside). Series: The American Novel. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 318 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521381635
ISBN
9780521381635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.58

Paperback. Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages. The author highlights the links between Wesley's real life and her fiction. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498179
ISBN
9780099498179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

paperback. Bringing cognitive methodologies to the analysis of Chicano/a fiction for the first time, this book maps ethics of "persistence" and "transformation" in the fiction of Rudolfo Anaya, Ana Castillo, Denise Chavez, Rolando Hinojosa, Arturo Islas, John Rechy, Alfredo Vea, and Helena Maria Viramontes Series: Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292743977
ISBN
9780292743977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 91 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 228 x 6. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
91
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772891903
ISBN
9788772891903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.40

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803230026
ISBN
9780803230026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 385 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307472328
ISBN
9780307472328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.73

Hardcover. Reconstructs through testimonial literature the repression of women during the Franco years and recovers the writings of some of the forgotten post-war women novelists. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662742
ISBN
9781855662742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.58

Hardcover. Largely ignored in American literary history, the magazine was extremely popular throughout the 19th century, with editors describing the form as a virtual "necessity". This book covers a variety of magazines and authors emphasizing their engagement with the social issues of the day. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b&w illustrations, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922409
ISBN
9780813922409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.52

Hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826220677
ISBN
9780826220677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.42

Paperback. "No currently available anthology addresses the topic of the metaphysical detective story so directly, so fully, or so relevantly."-Brian McHale, West Virginia University Editor(s): Merivale, Patricia; Sweeney, Susan Elizabeth. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216769
ISBN
9780812216769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. Maps the intersection of feminism and science fiction through readings of science fiction literature by Octavia E Butler, Richard Calder, and Melissa Scott and the movies "The Matrix" and the "Alien" series. This work analyzes how these authors and films represent debates and concepts in three areas of feminist thought. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713079
ISBN
9780292713079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.05

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639185
ISBN
9780691639185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.77

Hardback. This is a study of Virginia Woolf's lifelong preoccupation with silence and the barrier between the sayable and the unsayable. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718318
ISBN
9780804718318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.06

Paperback. For Smith, "lesbian panic" is often a fear of losing one's identity and value within the heterosexual paradigm. This book traces the history of "lesbian panic" through key works: The Voyage Out and Mrs. Dalloway; The Little Girls and Eva Trout; King of a Rainy Country; The Golden Notebook; and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106214
ISBN
9780231106214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. The ambiguous struggle between convention and dissent in the language he uses for representing women charges Dickens? novels with their uneasy excitement and power. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 190. Paperback, in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
152
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF0011726
ISBN
9780802077608
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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