Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. Examines JM Coetzee's writings about Elizabeth Costello, and the ways in which philosophers have responded to them. This book considers the relations among reason, language, and the imagination, as well as more specific ethical issues concerning the moral status of animals, the meaning of mortality, the nature of evil, and the demands of religion. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137377
- ISBN
- 9780691137377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.23
€ 53.48
€ 42.23
Paperback. Introduces Mark Twain through close readings of his seven major works, including "Tom Sawyer", "Huckleberry Finn", "Connecticut Yankee and Pudd'nhead Wilson". This book investigates the tension between the real-life person, Samuel Clemens, and the fictional person, Mark Twain. It analyzes the significance of Twain's books for American culture. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234746
- ISBN
- 9780631234746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.53
€ 44.99
€ 44.53
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643540
- ISBN
- 9780691643540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.74
€ 144.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157568
- ISBN
- 9780231157568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.12
€ 104.58
€ 79.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157575
- ISBN
- 9780231157575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. Offers a narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. This title provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691014944
- ISBN
- 9780691014944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075422
- ISBN
- 9781906075422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44
Paperback. This guide has been specifically written for AS and A2 students and is filled with in-depth analysis on contexts, character, key themes and critical perspectives. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447913153
- ISBN
- 9781447913153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.36
€ 11.36
Hardcover. A comprehensive study of the Mexican writer considered one of the finest novelists and short-story writers in 20th-century Latin America. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855663077
- ISBN
- 9781855663077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812232912
- ISBN
- 9780812232912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
Hardback. This book provides a reassessment of Dostoevsky's religion by showing how he used his writings as the vehicle for an intense probing of the nature of Christianity, of the individual meaning of belief and doubt, and of the problems of ethical behavior that arise from these questions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751377
- ISBN
- 9780804751377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.58
€ 77.58
Paperback. 'Realism' is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism, and postmodernism. This study recognises that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique. Series Editor(s): Barry, Peter; McLeod, John. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719072215
- ISBN
- 9780719072215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. This study examines the practice and functions of literary translation in Anglo-American Modernism. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295196
- ISBN
- 9780312295196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.22
€ 65.22
hardcover. Born in Chicago in 1918, the prodigiously gifted and erudite Isaac Rosenfeld was anointed a 'genius' upon the publication of his novel, "Passage from Home"; someone expected to surpass even his closest friend and rival, Saul Bellow. This book intends to reclaim Rosenfeld's legacy by opening up his work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW with price sticker to front, remains very good to like new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031625
- ISBN
- 9780300126495
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback. Before Gertrude Stein became the 20th century's preeminent experimental writer, she spent a decade conducting research in a psychological laboratory and medical school in the US. This book unearths the turn-of-the-century scientific and philosophical worlds in which the young Stein was immersed. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749305
- ISBN
- 9780804749305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.45
€ 43.99
€ 38.45
Paperback. Includes the author's interviews with various crime writers conducted at Yellowbird Productions, Stockholm, Sweden, Mar. 30, 2011. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 2ACSW; APFN; APT; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090691
- ISBN
- 9780719090691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.75
€ 37.75
Hardcover. An overview of Arab-American fiction as it has developed over the past twenty years Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632771
- ISBN
- 9780815632771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. Science fiction embodies difficult, abstract philosophical and scientific concepts in characters and narratives. Discognition therefore provides an accessible account of ideas about sentience. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Watkins Media United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910924068
- ISBN
- 9781910924068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. Presents the theoretical foundations of the study of prefaces and the corpus of the 19th-century Canadian novel prefaces. The book also examines the typology of Canadian novel prefaces, and gives an analysis of the systematic dimensions of the preface typologies and of the systematic data. Series: Konzeption Empirische Literaturwissenschaft. Num Pages: 191 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783528073350
- ISBN
- 9783528073350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.87
€ 63.87
Hardback. Editor(s): Howarth, William L. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 70 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 70
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645216
- ISBN
- 9780691645216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37
Hardback. An examination of major 19th-century American literature, which sees works such as "Huckleberry Finn" as attempts to articulate relationships between the self and the New World. By comparing American and English works, the book demonstrates their essentially different nature. Series: New directions in American studies. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550243
- ISBN
- 9780333550243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.60
€ 121.60
Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to the medieval languages and texts that inspired Tolkien's Middle-earth. Using key episodes in The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, medieval texts are presented in their original language with translations. Essential for those who wish to delve deeper into the background to Tolkien's mythology. Num Pages: 398 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454690
- ISBN
- 9781137454690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 146.96
€ 146.96
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135780
- ISBN
- 9781571135780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.32
€ 97.32
Paperback. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 268 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Taberner, Stuart; Berger, Karina. First comprehensive look at how today's German literary fiction deals with questions of German victimhood. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135575
- ISBN
- 9781571135575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.77
€ 40.99
€ 38.77