Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. Gore Vidal has been entertaining - and occasionally outraging - the American public for 50 years. This study examines Vidal's recent and early novels, and considers the recurring theme of the decline of the United States. Series: Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313295799
- ISBN
- 9780313295799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. An anthology of thirty-four writers who published during the settlement years of the American frontier. It assembles nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and occasional writings from women of Anglo, Chinese, Hispanic, and Native American ethnicity, addressing such themes as isolation, drudgery, friendship, mourning, and even mysticism. Editor(s): Miller, Susan Cummins. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 462 pages, New Preface. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726185
- ISBN
- 9780896726185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.07
€ 29.99
€ 29.07
Paperback. Explores a specific site - the Reading Room of the British Museum - as a space of imaginative potential in relation to the emergence of modern women writers in Victorian and early 20th-century London. This book challenges an assessment of the Reading Room of the British Museum as a bastion of class and gender privilege. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697946
- ISBN
- 9780748697946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.61
€ 30.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 189 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New York
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0212364
- ISBN
- 9780826452351
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 189 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0212365
- ISBN
- 9780826452351
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293875
- ISBN
- 9780226293875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238961
- ISBN
- 9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.16
€ 52.99
€ 38.16
Hardback. A biography of Mary Austin that explores her life and achievement. It tells the larger story of the importance of California and the Southwest to the American consciousness. Num Pages: 344 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 255 x 30. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246355
- ISBN
- 9780520246355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.23
€ 42.99
€ 30.23
Hardcover. Susan Howatch began to take her loyal following of gothic and family-saga readers into unexpected psychological and theological depths in the 1980s. This book provides a way into Howatch's new world by presenting many of her own considerations of her work, and by allowing a group of scholars to engage in a wide-ranging discussion of Howatch's art. Editor(s): Howatch, Susan; Johnson, Bruce; Huttar, Charles A. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Susquehanna University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910963
- ISBN
- 9781575910963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.08
€ 142.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497979
- ISBN
- 9781558497979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.26
€ 41.99
€ 39.26
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632568
- ISBN
- 9780691632568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.38
€ 170.38
Reading for Storyness combines cognitive science with literary theory to present a compelling argument for the uniqueness of the short story. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873980
- ISBN
- 9780801873980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816670338
- ISBN
- 9780816670338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810127876
- ISBN
- 9780810127876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482557
- ISBN
- 9780801482557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.62
€ 42.99
€ 37.62
Hardback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801431326
- ISBN
- 9780801431326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.57
€ 140.57
Hardcover. Explores Toni Morrison's admitted, but critically neglected, interest in the relationships between African American men and women and the "axes" on which these relationships turn. This book considers the barriers between black men and women thrown up by their participation in a racist culture of competition, and fixed ideals about physical beauty. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329451
- ISBN
- 9780820329451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Hardback. A fascinating look into the life and work of controversial French novelist Irene Nemirovsky Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300171969
- ISBN
- 9780300171969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.41
€ 19.99
€ 7.41
Paperback. Susan Srigley argues that Flannery O'Connor's ethics are inextricably linked to her role as a storyteller, and that her moral vision is expressed through the dramatic narrative of her fiction. Srigley elucidates O'Connor's sacramental vision by showing that it is embodied morally within her fiction as an ethic of responsibility. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268017804
- ISBN
- 9780268017804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Challenging the notion that Africa s first women novelists were uninterested in postcolonial politics, Susan Z. Andrade shows that in their allegorical fiction, the family stood for the nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349211
- ISBN
- 9780822349211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.75
€ 37.99
€ 33.75