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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Editor(s): McCarthy, Patrick A.; Tiessen, Paul. Num Pages: 216 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813120027
ISBN
9780813120027
Condition: New

€ 49.51

Hardback. This collection of essays examines Austen in relation to her business. Many of these essays, including those by Julia Prewitt Brown, Margaret Drabble, Jan Fergus, Isobel Grundy, Gary Kelly, and Elaine Showalter, were first delivered as papers at the Lake Louise conference on "Persuasion". Editor(s): McMaster, Juliet; Stovel, Bruce. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333629208
ISBN
9780333629208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.95

This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years. Editor(s): Messent, Peter; Budd, Louis. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1165.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405123792
ISBN
9781405123792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 273.48

hardcover. Editor(s): Murail, Estelle; Thornton, Sara. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2017
SKU
V9783319350851
ISBN
9783319350851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.26

A collection of informative critical articles on some of the best twentieth-century Russian short stories from Chekhov and Bunin to Tolstaya and Pelevin. It discusses the recurrent themes of language's power and limits, of childhood and old age, of art and sexuality, and of cultural, individual and artistic memory. Editor(s): Parts, Lyudmila, PhD. Series: Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843444
ISBN
9781934843444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.62

Hardback. Editor(s): Patten, Professor Robert L.; Bowen, John. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 591.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403912855
ISBN
9781403912855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.84

hardcover. Features the essays that investigate both contemporary and historical practices of representing sexualities and genders in science fiction literature. This title includes discussions about sextrapolation in New Wave science fiction, stray penetration in William Gibson's cyberpunk fiction, and the queering of nature in ecofeminist science fiction. Editor(s): Pearson, Wendy Gay; Hollinger, Veronica; Gordon, Joan. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846311352
ISBN
9781846311352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.68

Hardback. The volume explores Elizabeth I's impact on English and European culture during her life and after her death, through her own writing as well as through contemporary and later writers. The contributors are codicologists, historians and literary critics, offering a varied reading of the Queen and of her cultural inheritance. Editor(s): Petrina, Alessandra; Tosi, Laura. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBD; DSC; DSG; DSK; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278172
ISBN
9780230278172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.07

Hardback. Featuring the interplay of fictions and "the real world," these 12 essays explore and expand ideas of what fictions and reality might be. They for the most part concern themselves with aspects, examples, and problems of the novel as the principal form of fiction. Editor(s): Polhemus, Robert M.; Henkle, Roger B. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps,facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722438
ISBN
9780804722438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.46

Hardback. This volume features new essays by eminent and emerging Woolf scholars, focusing on the aesthetics and influences of Virginia Woolf's work. Themes include eco-criticism, conceptions of intellectual women, spaces and places, and Woolf beyond Bloomsbury. The volume opens with a personal reflection by Cecil Woolf, nephew of Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Editor(s): Potts, Gina; Shahriari, Lisa. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230517660
ISBN
9780230517660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Powell, Anna; Smith, Prof Andrew. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403949295
ISBN
9781403949295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Powell, Anna; Smith, Prof Andrew. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403949301
ISBN
9781403949301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Hardback. 60 years after Lawrence's death, the nature of his achievement is still being debated. His vision has aroused passionate interest in many countries beyond his own. As a writer in the 20th century and as one with international standing, this book presents Lawrence "in the modern world". Editor(s): Preston, Peter; Hoare, Peter. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333452691
ISBN
9780333452691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. Editor(s): Ramey, Lauri; Arana, Victoria. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403965554
ISBN
9781403965554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardback. Editor(s): Relihan, Constance C.; Stanivukovic, Goran V. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 559.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963888
ISBN
9781403963888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.99

Hardback. This comprehensive history takes us from the birth of the novel in the 18th century through its growing pains in the 19th century to its angst-ridden maturity in the 20th century. Editor(s): Richetti, John J.; Bender, John; David, Deirdre; Seidel, Michael. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1064
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231078580
ISBN
9780231078580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.36
€ 125.54

Hardback. A comprehensive collection of 20th century research on Joseph Conrad, this volume outlines the shift from a humanist and anthropological interest in Conrad as a 'metaphysical' author to the appreciation of Conrad as a nihilist and skeptic of the modernist epoch. Editor(s): Seeber, Ulrich; Windisch, Martin; Goebel, Walter. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336178
ISBN
9780880336178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

paperback. This collection challenges our ideas about male emotion. Through readings of works by Thoreau, Lowell and W.E.B. Du Bois, and of 20th century authors such as Hemingway and Kerouac, this book questions the persistence of the emotionally alienated male in narratives of white middle-class masculinity. Editor(s): Shamir, Milette; Travis, Jennifer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231120357
ISBN
9780231120357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.05

hardcover. This book offers an in-depth treatment of Woolf's representations of space and place. Eleven essays contribute not only to Woolf studies but also to emergent debates concerning modernism's relations to empire and geography. They offer innovative and interdisciplinary readings on topics such as London's imperial spaces and the gendering of space. Editor(s): Snaith, Anna; Whitworth, Michael. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2007th Edition
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230500730
ISBN
9780230500730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

hardcover. This book presents a baker's dozen of interpretative keys to Levi's output and thought. It deepens our understanding of common themes in Levi studies (memory and witness) while exploring unusual and revealing byways (Levi and Calvino, or Levi and theater, for example). Editor(s): Sodi, Risa; Marcus, Millicent. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103856
ISBN
9780230103856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardback. Editor(s): Stephens, Susan A.; Winkler, John J. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 558 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSK; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
558
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637235
ISBN
9780691637235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 286.95

Hardback. Editor(s): Vosburg, Nancy; Collins, Jacky. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480207
ISBN
9781611480207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.51

Hardback. The legacy of antifascist partisan, Auschwitz survivor, and author Primo Levi continues to drive exciting interdisciplinary scholarship. The contributions to this intellectually rich, tightly organized volume - from many of the world's foremost Levi scholars - show a remarkable breadth across fields as varied as ethics, memory, and media studies. Editor(s): Vuohelainen, Minna; Chapman, Arthur. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137442338
ISBN
9781137442338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Editor(s): Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto; Stow, Simon. Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 721.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813142029
ISBN
9780813142029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.26

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