Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. 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, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231539
- ISBN
- 9780823231539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.16
€ 109.16
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
€ 42.99€ 42.63
€ 42.99
€ 42.63
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
€ 51.45
€ 51.45
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€ 23.18
€ 24.99
€ 23.18
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
€ 36.99€ 32.98
€ 36.99
€ 32.98
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
€ 140.58
€ 140.58
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
€ 101.52€ 70.74
€ 101.52
€ 70.74
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
€ 62.32
€ 62.32
hardcover. Sherlock Holmes was still an undergraduate when Squire Trevor pointed out the direction of his future life's work, telling him that all the detectives of fact and of fancy would be children in your hands. His prediction was right on the mark: so it was then, and so it remains more than a century later. Num Pages: 421 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823212217
- ISBN
- 9780823212217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.71
€ 70.71
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
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
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€ 18.65
€ 19.99
€ 18.65
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
€ 55.79
€ 55.79
Hardback. Although war memoirs constitute a rich, varied literary form, they are often dismissed by historians as unreliable. This collection of essays is the first to explore the modern war memoir, revealing the genre's surprising capacity for breadth and sophistication while remaining sensitive to the challenges it poses for scholars. Editor(s): Dwyer, Philip G. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; HBG; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333071
- ISBN
- 9781785333071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.97
€ 161.97
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
€ 192.61
€ 192.61
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
€ 92.29
€ 92.29
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€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
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€ 43.75
€ 52.99
€ 43.75
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633091
- ISBN
- 9780691633091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.58
€ 144.58
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
€ 21.99€ 17.96
€ 21.99
€ 17.96
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€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20