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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. This biography describes Virginia Woolf's family and childhood; her early writings; the formation of the Bloomsbury group; her marriage to Leonard Woolf; the mental breakdowns of 1912-15; the origins and growth of the Hogarth Press and the political and personal distresses of her last years. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674508
ISBN
9780712674508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. Presents a critical reappraisal of James Baldwin's work. Focusing on Baldwin's critically undervalued early works and the neglected later ones, the contributors illuminate little-known aspects of this daring author's work, and highlight his accomplishments as an experimental writer. Editor(s): Miller, D. Quentin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 b&w photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397377
ISBN
9781566397377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551532
ISBN
9781871551532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.18

Hardback. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel Weir of Hermiston on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405256
ISBN
9781474405256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 107.04

Paperback. Using Vladimir Nabokov and Salman Rushdie's work, this study argues that transnational fiction refuses the simple oppositions of postcolonial theory and suggests the possibility of an inclusive global literature. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137346742
ISBN
9781137346742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.63

Hardback. This book draws on a range of critical approaches, including cultural anthropology, psychoanalytic theory, political justice theory, and feminist theory, to consider the ways that strategies of death denial and their compensatory consolations offer insight into the ethical, gender, and religious questions raised by Hawthorne's novels. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602908
ISBN
9780230602908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.07
€ 34.49

Paperback. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. 160 pages. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight: 210. Series Editor(s) :Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644605
ISBN
9780748644605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Hardcover. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644612
ISBN
9780748644612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Bowser, Rachel A; Croxall, Brian. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900632
ISBN
9781517900632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. The Marriage of Minds examines the implications of the common Victorian claim that novel reading can achieve the psychic, ethical, and affective benefits also commonly associated with sympathy in married life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754668
ISBN
9780804754668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.21

Paperback. Ordinary life is full of words, images, and stories: we spend our days talking and writing about what's going on, and what has happened. Rachel Bowlby makes us think again about this life: always the same, always slightly changing. Drawing out the stories that surround us, she explores everyday stories, old and new-in literature and in real life. Series: The Literary Agenda. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198727699
ISBN
9780198727699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. 320 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight: 392.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153911
ISBN
9780231153911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153904
ISBN
9780231153904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 71.14

Paperback. An examination of the hero figure in the stories of two major Victorian authors of children's literature and the complex way in which they engaged with the dominant ideologies of the time. Num Pages: 254 pages, 3 B&W illustraions, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718893590
ISBN
9780718893590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.87

Hardback. This book explores the idea that modern, Western secular cultures have retained a belief in the concept of Hell as an event or experience of endless or unjust suffering.The wide range of texts discussed, include Primo Levi, W.G. Sebald, and Alasdair Gray. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617630
ISBN
9780748617630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.49
€ 118.01

She explores the work of sentimentalist philosophers David Hume, Adam Smith, and Jeremy Bentham and realist novelists Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Joseph Conrad, and Henry James. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421406534
ISBN
9781421406534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.98

Hardcover. In the course of his recollections, the author describes his childhood in Minnesota; his grammar school and seminary education, with his decision to leave the path toward ordination; his marriage to his beloved Connie and their active family life and travels; and his life as a fiction writer. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrated: 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268034924
ISBN
9780268034924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.43

Paperback. Continues the Moody saga that started in Colorado with Little Britches Illustrator(s): Mawicke, Tran. Num Pages: 235 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803282117
ISBN
9780803282117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. The Icelandic sagas, composed between the twelfth and the nineteenth centuries, are one of the world's great literary treasures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSK; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2Rev Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752428949
ISBN
9780752428949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. The first major work of literature written in Catalan and arguably the first European novel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADC; DSBB; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Bilingual
SKU
V9781855663046
ISBN
9781855663046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.32

Hardback. Larson's work provides the first in-depth coverage of an often forgotten sub-genre of art-the movie novelization. This book includes many author interviews and discussion on what this genre is and how it came to be. Num Pages: 623 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 40. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
623
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810829282
ISBN
9780810829282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.39

Paperback. Explores the way Virginia Woolf used essay-writing techniques to develop her conception of the modern novel. This book includes revisionary accounts of A Room of One's Own (1929) and Three Guineas (1938), and new readings of Woolf's major and less well-known novels, including The Pargiters, her failed 'essay-novel'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694105
ISBN
9780748694105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.10

Hardcover. This volume explores the centrality of the theme of exile as a way of understanding Robert Penn Warren's artistry, demonstrating that the exile figure is both a key to Warren's relation to much of 20th-century southern literature as well as an index to his growth as an artist. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820321783
ISBN
9780820321783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 31. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199470754
ISBN
9780199470754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.91

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