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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. This book analyzes the complex relationship between the fantasmal experience and the material text, reading a wide range of works that treat explicitly what is implicit in reading. Also, drawing on artists' books, drawings by authors, and films such as Prospero's Books , the author illuminates the process of textual visualization. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804734721
ISBN
9780804734721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.44

Paperback. Argues that reading, beyond its apparent linearity, is essentially prophetic, not only because Moby-Dick, for example, may appear to be full of unexpected prophecies but also, and more deeply, because reading itself is a prophetic experience that Melville captured in a different way. Translator(s): Anidjar, Gil. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780823231546
ISBN
9780823231546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 185 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821412237
ISBN
9780821412237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.90

Paperback. Regarded by many as one of the leading works of this century, this novel documents the resistance to fascism in Europe (and within Germany) during WWII. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Series: Aesthetics of Resistance S. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335467
ISBN
9780822335467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.18

Hardcover. Peter Wolfe's study of Penelope Fitzgerald characterizes her work as having unerring dramatic judgment, a friendly and fluid style, and lyrical and precise descriptive passages. In this survey of Fitzgerald's life and career, he explains how shet brings resources of talent and craft, thought and feeling, courage and vulnerability, to her writing. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ of South Carolina Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570035616
ISBN
9781570035616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816650798
ISBN
9780816650798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024631615
ISBN
9788024631615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.22

Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 389.
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947624
ISBN
9781933947624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.67

Hardcover. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947822
ISBN
9781933947822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Raines, Seville V. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594540851
ISBN
9781594540851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.95
€ 69.24

Paperback. Presents a collection of interviews with contemporary British novelists that offers an insight into the authors' views on contemporary fiction; their influences and themes; readers and critics; and, why they write and their writing process. This title provides a snapshot of the reality of living as a writer. Editor(s): Tew, Philip; Tolan, Fiona; Wilson, Leigh. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847140241
ISBN
9781847140241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.57

paperback. Editor(s): Swanson, Philip. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138804180
ISBN
9781138804180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.81

Paperback. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; APF; DSK; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536877
ISBN
9781557536877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.75

Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. D.H. Lawrence - The Nomadic Years 1919-1930. Series: Student Guides. 250 pages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 18. Weight: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Edition
F
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551822
ISBN
9781871551822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.29

Hardback. This new biography of George Eliot is not just the story of her life. It gives an account of what it means to become a novelist, and to think like a novelist. Philip Davis enables you not only to see through George Eliot's eyes, but also feel what it is like to be seen by her, in the imaginative involvement of her readers with her characters. Num Pages: 432 pages, With 42 illustrations, including a 16-page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199577378
ISBN
9780199577378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.41

hardcover. This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text of Historical Criticism (1879). The notebook illuminates Wilde's practices of research and composition, contains the unused materials Wilde studied, and shows his wit and imagination at work. Editor(s): Smith, Philip E. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688012
ISBN
9780199688012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.30

hardcover. A study of the life and work of Charles Perrault, 17th-century intellectual and author of the "Mother Goose Tales" who enjoyed the status of a prominent public intellectual during the first half of the reign of Louis XIV but later fell from political favour. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 half-tones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724104
ISBN
9780804724104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.23

Paperback. A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, published fifty years after his death in 1966. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3x8pp plate sections. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224862
ISBN
9781780224862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. A fresh and extensive look at the works of the great Austrian novelist in the context of the German and Austrian culture of his time. Editor(s): Payne, Philip; Bartram, Graham; Tihanov, Galin. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 720. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 474 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Payne, Philip; Bartram, Graham; Tihanov, Galin. A fresh and extensive look at the works of the great Austrian novelist in the context of the German and Austrian culture of his time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 28. Weight: 730.
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
474
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134530
ISBN
9781571134530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.77

paperback. The final piece of work from one of the world's most visionary authors Editor(s): Lethem, Jonathan; Jackson, Pamela. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1280.
Publisher
Gollancz
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780575132443
ISBN
9780575132443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Streitfeld, David. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612195261
ISBN
9781612195261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.05

Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AVGC9; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
first
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162647
ISBN
9780231162647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

Paperback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; AVGC9; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162654
ISBN
9780231162654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.86

Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405861823
ISBN
9781405861823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.30

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