Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations. Editor(s): DePastino, Todd. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- None ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813538068
- ISBN
- 9780813538068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.04
€ 161.04
Hardback. This text covers Joyce's writing in terms of music and evaluates the music - its form, kind and technique - in each work. Using Joyce's own rhetoric of theme and variation, the author moves from one character to another, through the poems, fiction and drama. Series: Florida James Joyce. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 illustrations, bibliographies, index, appendices, notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813016085
- ISBN
- 9780813016085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21
€ 68.21
Paperback. Desperately sensitive, sexually confused and socially awkward, Hans Christian Andersen found grace and acceptance through the creation of a distinct and beguiling literary world. This biography demonstrates the unity of his troubled life and the soaring achievement of his work. Num Pages: 552 pages, 12pp b&w illustrations, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140283204
- ISBN
- 9780140283204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.65
€ 24.99
€ 18.65
Paperback. In 1968, Benson set out to write a critical appraisal of John Steinbeck. He found it turning into an authorized biography: this is an account of his experiences over the 15 years he devoted to writing it. It contains both anecdotes about Steinbeck, and an account of being a biographer. Series: Western Literature Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874174977
- ISBN
- 9780874174977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.47
€ 23.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324. The Love Letters of F.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 356.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747566014
- ISBN
- 9780747566014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.82
€ 19.99
€ 14.82
Hardcover. This book presents fully edited texts of dramatizations of Dickens's early novels-especially his Christmas books, which were staged in London simultaneously with publication. The edition makes available, for the first time, this exciting body of translations to the stage made by the first generation of Dickensian adaptors. Editor(s): Bratton, Jacky. Num Pages: 480 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780198787952
- ISBN
- 9780198787952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.79
€ 224.79
Paperback. Philosophy and Terry Pratchett is the first attempt by philosophers to explore themes in Sir Terry Pratchett's writings. It will appeal to both specialists and fans of Pratchett with serious essays written in a manner accessible to anyone who enjoys, or is curious about, Pratchett's work. Editor(s): Held, Jacob M.; South, James. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137360151
- ISBN
- 9781137360151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.05
€ 33.99
€ 31.05
Paperback. Nella Larsen's novels Quicksand and Passing, published at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, fell out of print and ere thus little known for many years. Now widely available and taught, Quicksand and Passing challenge conventional "tragic mulatta" and "passing" narratives. This volume offers approaches for teaching these two important novels. Editor(s): McLendon, Jacquelyn Y. Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603292207
- ISBN
- 9781603292207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.43
€ 43.43
Hardcover. Jessie Fauset's and Nella Larsen's novels raise important questions about gender and race. This book looks at Fauset's "Plum Bun" and "Comedy: American Style" and Larsen's "Quicksand" and "Passing", finding them revisionary and subversive. It looks at their work rather than at their lives. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915531
- ISBN
- 9780813915531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.25
€ 68.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPCD; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350025684
- ISBN
- 9781350025684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.89
€ 31.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Explores the parallel worlds of a prolific master of science fiction Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078811
- ISBN
- 9780252078811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.34
€ 31.34
Hardback. Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040634
- ISBN
- 9780252040634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.13
€ 134.13
Hardback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GK; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148023
- ISBN
- 9780231148023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.69
€ 141.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GK; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148030
- ISBN
- 9780231148030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.17
€ 42.99
€ 31.17
paperback. Collects 14 interviews with a Brooklyn-born author of such novels as "Girl in Landscape", "Motheriess Brooklyn", "The Fortress of Solitude", "Chronic City", and many others, that cover a wide range of subjects, from what it means to incorporate genre into literature, to the impact of his mother's death on his life and work. Editor(s): Clarke, Jaime. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604739725
- ISBN
- 9781604739725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
Paperback. Focuses on one neglected mode of authorship in the interwar period - women's middlebrow authorship and its intersection with progressive politics. This work traces four key moments in this distinctive culture of letters through the careers of Dorothy Canfield, Jessie Fauset, Pearl Buck, and Josephine Herbst. Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495975
- ISBN
- 9781558495975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2AB; DSB; DSK; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638713
- ISBN
- 9780691638713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.43
€ 156.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; DSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 268 x 188 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810877245
- ISBN
- 9780810877245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.71
€ 196.71
Paperback. Charts the development of the concept of "character" in the fictional genres, social reform movements, and political cultures of the United States from the mid-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814741313
- ISBN
- 9780814741313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.07
€ 33.99
€ 31.07
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633213
- ISBN
- 9780691633213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.51
€ 150.51
Paperback. Sounds a clarion warning to the world. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140182750
- ISBN
- 9780140182750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.29
€ 11.99
€ 10.29
Paperback. A biography of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; CFM; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436624
- ISBN
- 9780140436624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.03
€ 33.99
€ 23.03
Hardback. The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate Editor(s): Strawhorn, John; Hankins, Nellie Pottle. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 420 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606245
- ISBN
- 9780748606245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.21€ 226.57
€ 235.21
€ 226.57
Paperback. Offers an account of the nineteenth-century British novel and its role in the historical process that gave rise to modern anthropology's concept of culture. This book shows how English Victorian novels appropriated an autoethnographic mode of fiction developed in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095554
- ISBN
- 9780691095554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 42.48
€ 52.92
€ 42.48