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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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

€ 112.97

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
€ 24.51

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

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
€ 43.54

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
€ 12.54

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

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
€ 13.20

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

€ 43.99
€ 41.01

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.51

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

€ 216.77

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.91

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
€ 28.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
BenBella Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932100884
ISBN
9781932100884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. First published in 1993, this book brings together Muriel Spark's writings on the Bronte sisters, including a selection of their letters and a selection of Emily Bronte's poems. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847772466
ISBN
9781847772466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.93

Hardback. Collects essays by contemporary North American romance authors, each with her own 'take' on the romance novel today. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836044
ISBN
9780810836044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.11

Hardback. A supplement to "The Argentine Novel", published in 1997, this annotated bibliography continues the previous text's list of Argentine novels, covering first edition novels and "novellas" composed by clearly identified Argentine authors from 1990 to 1999. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADSL; 3JJPR; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810842946
ISBN
9780810842946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.13

Hardback. In this new edition of Herodotus' Histories, Nigel Wilson has revised the original Oxford Classical Text by the Danish scholar C. Hude, published in 1906 and last revised in 1927, incorporating much of the valuable work on the text that has been conducted since the original edition, in particular that of J. Enoch Powell and Paul Maas. Editor(s): Wilson, N. G. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSK; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199560714
ISBN
9780199560714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226241180
ISBN
9780226241180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.29

Hardcover. This chronology covers the whole sweep of Evelyn Waugh's varied and eventful life and career, including his numerous friendships, his active social life and his exotic travels. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Number of pages
172
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333638941
ISBN
9780333638941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.42
€ 48.59

Paperback. After first appearing around 1590, Jing Ping Mei was circulated among some of China's best known writers of the time and subsequently published in three major recensions. By arguing from the standpoint of feminism, this title can contribute to studies of Chinese literature, Asian studies, feminism, politics of sexuality, and cultural studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
First Paperback Edition
SKU
V9780822329169
ISBN
9780822329169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QFH; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
157
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559978
ISBN
9781875559978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Clarke, Nana Ayebia; Currey, James. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 232 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956930767
ISBN
9780956930767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130585
ISBN
9780231130585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.20
€ 82.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130592
ISBN
9780231130592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.08

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