Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. Is the 'West Country' on the map or in the mind? Is it the south-west peninsula of Britain or a semi-mythical country offering a home for those in pursuit of the romance of wrecking, smuggling and a rural Golden Age? This book investigates these questions in the context of the relationship between place and writing. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895378
- ISBN
- 9780859895378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.33
€ 142.33
Paperback. Is the 'West Country' on the map or in the mind? Is it the south-west peninsula of Britain or a semi-mythical country offering a home for those in pursuit of the romance of wrecking, smuggling and a rural Golden Age? This book investigates these questions in the context of the relationship between place and writing. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895385
- ISBN
- 9780859895385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.73
€ 37.73
Paperback. Simon Winchester turns his unrivaled talents to revealing the significance of the intriguing photograph whose subject inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; DSB; DSK; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 157.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190614546
- ISBN
- 9780190614546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.87
€ 16.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. A memoir that offers a picture of the author's growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the 1920s. Translator(s): Kirkup, James. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185330
- ISBN
- 9780141185330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. The publication of de Beauvoir's letters to Sartre caused a storm of controversy in Paris in 1990. Frank and uncensored, they show her experimenting with her freedom within her love for Sartre, and trace the emotional and triangular complications of her life with him. Editor(s): Hoare, Quintin. Translator(s): Hoare, Quintin. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099914907
- ISBN
- 9780099914907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 134 x 207 x 4. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075101
- ISBN
- 9781906075101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
paperback. Editor(s): Phelps, Christopher. Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- V9780312400378
- ISBN
- 9780312400378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.70
€ 43.99
€ 37.70
Paperback. Focusing on Annie Ernaux's writing trajectory, this title provides an analysis of Ernaux's individual texts. It highlights the contradictions and nuances in her writing, and demonstrates the intellectual intricacies of her literary project. Series: Modern French Writers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853235477
- ISBN
- 9780853235477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.89
€ 70.89
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091796341
- ISBN
- 9780091796341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.08
€ 15.08
Paperback. This work begins with the birth of Arthur and the establishment of his kingdom and the fellowship of knights. It describes courtly society which is outwardly secure and successful, but which is, in reality, torn by dissent and ultimately treachery. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 912 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 50. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853264634
- ISBN
- 9781853264634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.71
€ 8.71
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974645
- ISBN
- 9780393974645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.69
€ 18.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 272 pages, frontispiece, 8 halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195019056
- ISBN
- 9780195019056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.27
€ 33.27
Hardback. The most haunting and Shakespearean of Scott's novels, The Bride of Lammermoor is a fast-paced tragedy set on the eve of the 1707 Union. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 560 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605712
- ISBN
- 9780748605712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.74
€ 151.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538409
- ISBN
- 9780199538409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Sunday 20 November, 1825. With these words the author began what many regard as his greatest work, a diary which was to turn into an extraordinary day-to-day account of the last six years of his life, years of financial ruin, bereavement, and increasing ill health. This title presents memoirs of his contemporaries. Num Pages: 978 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 53. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publisher
- Canongate UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862418281
- ISBN
- 9780862418281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.26
€ 26.99
€ 18.26
Hardcover. In his ever-popular romance of Tudor England, Scott brilliantly recreates all the passion, brutality, verve and vitality of the Elizabethan world. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 542 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 34. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 542
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604371
- ISBN
- 9780748604371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.77€ 113.30
€ 117.77
€ 113.30
Hardback. Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, first published in 1815, was Walter Scott's second novel Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 616 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605682
- ISBN
- 9780748605682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.67
€ 155.67
Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 492 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 842. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight: 842.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 492
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605903
- ISBN
- 9780748605903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.66€ 114.65
€ 123.66
€ 114.65
Hardcover. The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 522 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. 522 pages. The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 36. Weight: 796.
- Publisher
- Non Basic Stock Line
- Number of pages
- 522
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604432
- ISBN
- 9780748604432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.33€ 131.77
€ 141.33
€ 131.77
Hardback. The third of the Waverley Novels is dominated by two old men, Jonathan Oldbuck (the Antiquary of the title) and the beggar Edie Ochiltree. Editor(s): Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 542 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 542
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605378
- ISBN
- 9780748605378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.77€ 109.40
€ 117.77
€ 109.40
Hardback. Against the background of Montrose's campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott's most memorable creations - Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 270 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605729
- ISBN
- 9780748605729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.77€ 109.40
€ 117.77
€ 109.40
Hardback. Meg Dods, a sentimental virago, keeps a rundown inn in a derelict Tweedale village, while the young Laird is living way beyond his means. When a nearby spring becomes a Spa, life changes as a hotel and a troop of social climbers move in. Editor(s): Weinstein, Mark. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 508 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605354
- ISBN
- 9780748605354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.77€ 109.40
€ 117.77
€ 109.40
Hardcover. Rose Elizabeth Cleveland was the First Lady of the United States when she assisted her brother, Grover Cleveland. She was also a literary scholar, novelist, and a poet who published work that empowered women. This book positions Cleveland in the historical context of the early twentieth century, when she helped shape female subjectivity and agency. Num Pages: 106 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 221 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456526
- ISBN
- 9781137456526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardcover. These essays examine the proliferation of stylistic acts and experiments in science fiction and fantasy and assess the genre's revolutionary qualities, its reordering of narrative priorities, inversion of consecrated categories, and elevation of "minor" devices. Editor(s): Slusser, George Edgar; Rabkin, Eric S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820314556
- ISBN
- 9780820314556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.96
€ 53.96