Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. A collection of 850 letters of the author to friends, family, his editor and a diverse circle of well-known and influential public figures. It opens with letters that were written during the author's early years in California, and closing with and unfinished 1968 note written in Sag Harbor, New York. Editor(s): Steinbeck, Elaine; Wallsten, Robert. Num Pages: 928 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 55. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186290
- ISBN
- 9780141186290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Reinterprets Stendhal's metaphor and tracks the different worlds of an array of twentieth-century writers ranging from realists to wildly inventive postwar writers. This book puts forward an argument that fiction yields rich insight into its subject, and that literature can also be a form of historical understanding. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130330
- ISBN
- 9780691130330
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Hardcover. This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies. Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist. Comprises original essays written by leading scholars. Editor(s): Moreland, Richard C. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122245
- ISBN
- 9781405122245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.03
€ 219.03
Paperback. The first book to provide a thorough introduction to Gaelic fiction. It traces the evolution of the form over the last century and focuses on the major developments that have led to the recent flourishing in Gaelic fiction publishing. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 232 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748636648
- ISBN
- 9780748636648
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.65
€ 27.99
€ 24.65
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, John. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Pr
- Edition
- Summer 2003, Volume 23, No. 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564783363
- ISBN
- 9781564783363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.57
€ 10.57
paperback. First published in 1985, this volume of letters follows Susanna Moodie from her Suffolk girlhood and her experience as an aspiring young writer in London, through her emigration to Upper Canada and five decades of Canadian life. Editor(s): Hopkins, Elizabeth; Peterman, Michael. Num Pages: 590 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802071996
- ISBN
- 9780802071996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.84
€ 44.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714528212
- ISBN
- 9780714528212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989464
- ISBN
- 9780295989464
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is a memoir of a young Moroccan boy's coming of age in a time of extreme poverty and degradation. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Telegram Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 169
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846590108
- ISBN
- 9781846590108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.60
€ 13.99
€ 12.60
Shaping the Novel: Receptions of the Essais: Textual Interplay in the ...
Mitchell, Constantina, Cote, Paul Raymond
Hardcover. The dialogue between form and message is intrinsic to the novel as genre. Yet the strength of that discourse has been shaken in the twentieth century by an increasing doubt about affirmations of any kind and a growing awareness of the relativity of knowledge and perception. Num Pages: 352 pages, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 439.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810366
- ISBN
- 9781571810366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.91
€ 165.91
Paperback. New scholarly essays providing a multifaceted approach to the role of Africa in Hemingway's life and work. Num Pages: 432 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139672
- ISBN
- 9781571139672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.97
€ 52.99
€ 43.97
Paperback. Translator(s): Kang, Minsoo. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2GK; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107699
- ISBN
- 9780143107699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. A biography of Paul Bowles, the famously enigmatic writer-composer. It questions the biographer's role, the subject's credibility, and the very nature of 'truth' in the telling of a life. It talks of Bowles' difficult childhood and of his grief over his wife's - the author Jane Bowles, who died in 1973 - illness, of exile, dreams, and madness. Num Pages: 354 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AVH; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224933
- ISBN
- 9780520224933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. Michael Butor was thematically concerned with changes in space and time and the artist's dilemma in recreating reality. This title is a study of Michael Butor's collaboration with three visual artists, specifically those in which the artwork preceded the text and thus provided Butor with inspiration for his texts. Num Pages: 239 pages, 74ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838639191
- ISBN
- 9780838639191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.36
€ 115.36
Paperback. A masterclass in attentive reading offering brilliant insights into two of George Eliot's novels Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748647286
- ISBN
- 9780748647286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Introduces Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. This title is about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and within the space of a year and a half. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FC; FJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803297418
- ISBN
- 9780803297418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.59
€ 23.99
€ 21.59
Hardback. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" took the world by storm when it was published in 1969. Despite controversy over its frank depiction of sexual abuse, the autobiography is widely read in high schools and colleges across the country. This title includes discussions of Maya Angelou's novel. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587656248
- ISBN
- 9781587656248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.22
€ 166.22
Paperback. Written like a novel, i this book same characters meet and cross paths with each other. Stravinsky and Kafka with their odd friends Ansermet and Brod; Hemingway with his biographer; Janacek with his little nation; and Rabelais with his heirs - the great novelists. In the light of their wisdom this book examines situations of our time. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571173372
- ISBN
- 9780571173372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Hardback. Examines representations of modernity in Yiddish literature between the Russian revolution of 1905 and the beginning of World War I. Within Jewish society, and particularly Eastern European Jewish society, modernity was often experienced as a series of threats to traditional Jewish life. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; 3JJC; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735469
- ISBN
- 9780804735469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.56
€ 81.56
Paperback. This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and literature, telling the tragic tale of the fate of an artist under a totalitarian regime. Translator(s): Cockrell, Roger. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 222 x 33. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496058
- ISBN
- 9781847496058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Series: Dark Master Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517697
- ISBN
- 9781903517697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Hardback. A guide to the published writings of Graham Greene, from his literary writings to published letters and interviews. It surveys not only Greene's literary work - including his fiction, poetry and drama - but also his other published writings. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441199959
- ISBN
- 9781441199959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.90€ 188.56
€ 213.90
€ 188.56
Paperback. Focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. This title explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this crisis, ranging from the death of John W Campbell Jr, to the start of the science magazine "Omni", and the first dreams of the internet. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846310034
- ISBN
- 9781846310034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.22
€ 45.22
paperback. Editor(s): Riley, E.C. Translator(s): Jarvis, Charles. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JD; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 46. Weight in Grams: 686. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press España, S.A.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021619
- ISBN
- 9780199537891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12