Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Results 1969 - 1992 of 2843
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
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€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Explores debates over Peru's modernisation and cultural identity in post-1940 literature, exploring how writers and others confronted challenges of language, style, and narrative form in their attempt to write across their nation's cultural divisions. This book examines the relationship between Peru's white elite and its indigenous majority. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191849
- ISBN
- 9781845191849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.89
€ 33.99
€ 30.89
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
€ 161.25
€ 161.25
Hardback. Explores Dorothy West's struggle for recognition outside of the traditional literary establishment, and her collaborations with talented African American women writers, artists, and performers who faced these same problems. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813551456
- ISBN
- 9780813551456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.12
€ 171.12
Paperback. Explores Dorothy West's struggle for recognition outside of the traditional literary establishment, and her collaborations with talented African American women writers, artists, and performers who faced these same problems. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813551463
- ISBN
- 9780813551463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.76
€ 46.76
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€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
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€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
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€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
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€ 39.44
€ 43.99
€ 39.44
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
€ 10.86
€ 10.86
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
€ 29.99€ 25.72
€ 29.99
€ 25.72
Hardback. Representing a variety of critical approaches, this collection focuses on one of the most widely taught works of American literature - "Gatsby". It explores the deceptive simplicity of the plot and the complex underpinnings of what makes the novel a true masterpiece. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 289 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587656088
- ISBN
- 9781587656088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.67
€ 117.67
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€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
paperback. A collection of letters that forms a day-by-day account of the author's writing of "East of Eden". It features many subjects such as textual discussion, trial flights of workmanship, and family matters and offer an illuminating perspective of the author. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186344
- ISBN
- 9780141186344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687440
- ISBN
- 9780856687440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.10
€ 33.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- BenBella Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932100884
- ISBN
- 9781932100884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.92
€ 18.99
€ 17.92
Holy Foolishness: Dostoevsky’s Novels and the Poetics of Cultural Cr...
Murav, Harriet. Ed(S): Murav, Harriet
hardcover. This work contributes importantly to several fields: literature, cultural history, history of medical science, the semiotics of medieval Russian, and Dostoevsky studies. Editor(s): Murav, Harriet. Num Pages: 228 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720595
- ISBN
- 9780804720595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.94
€ 95.94
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
€ 133.54
€ 133.54
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
€ 153.84
€ 153.84
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€ 27.99
€ 34.99
€ 27.99
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€ 48.94
€ 136.42
€ 48.94
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press USA
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472106363
- ISBN
- 9780472106363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.90
€ 105.90
Hardcover. Every Thursday for nearly a decade, Nagiub Mahfouz's column of recollection, refelction, and comment has appeared in the Al-Ahram Weekly. This volume, published on the occasion of his 90th birthday, brings together some of the more personal, reflective pieces that have appeared since 1994. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774246739
- ISBN
- 9789774246739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63