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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

paperback. A work that poses provocative questions about perception and reality. It is a parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth - its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. It provides an overview of this world - its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs and religious beliefs. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435313
ISBN
9780140435313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

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: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650241
ISBN
9780691650241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.94

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645810
ISBN
9780691645810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.72

Hardcover. Isaak Babel (1894-1940) is arguably one of the greatest modern short-story writers of the early 20th century. This is the first book in English to study the intertextuality of Babel's work. It looks at Babel's cultural identity as a case study in the contradictions and tensions of literary influence, personal loyalties, and ideological constraint. Series: Borderlines: Russian and East European-Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235957
ISBN
9781936235957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.26

Hardcover. This anthology of the Irish writings of the Anglo-Irish novelist, Elizabeth Bowen 1899-1973 gathers together, for the first time, her Irish writings including her lectures, essays, reviews and reports and includes an extensive introductory essay by the editor as well as annotations and a critical bibliography . Editor(s): Walshe, Eibhear. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184493
ISBN
9781859184493
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 36.30

Paperback. Deals with Virginia Woolf's lesbianism. This title focuses on how Woolf's private and public experience and knowledge of same-sex love influences her shorter fiction and novels. Editor(s): Barrett, Eileen; Cramer, Patricia. Series: Virginia Woolf. Num Pages: 306 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814712641
ISBN
9780814712641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.67

Hardback. Editor(s): Barrett, Eileen; Saxton, Ruth O. Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JNU; YQE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Modern Language Association of America United States
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603290586
ISBN
9781603290586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.21

Hardback. Explores19th-century in order to argue that the "nuclear" 19th-century family was, in fact, far more fractured and contradictory than 20th-century critics have assumed. The book argues that representations of the "avunculate" mark a preoccupation with the increasingly theorized directives of a new political economy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750257
ISBN
9780804750257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.94

Paperback. Robert Louis Stevenson loved to conjure up a dashing, romantic lineage for himself, dreaming that he was descended from the colourful outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. This work gives a concise account of his life - his family background, childhood and adolescence in a Calvinist, hard-working household in Scotland, and his final years in the South Seas. Num Pages: 114 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
114
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905267217
ISBN
9781905267217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.31

Paperback. Widely debated in feminist, poststructuralist, and literary theory is the relationship between subjectivity and the body. This book states that yet, autobiographical criticism - an obvious place for testing this conceptual relationship - has lagged behind queries about the embodied self. It analyzes the genre of terminal illness autobiographies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; DSK; VFJB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926650
ISBN
9780813926650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.08

Hardcover. Explores apparently inconsequential objects in popular Victorian texts to make contact with their fugitive meanings. Developing an innovative approach to analyzing nineteenth-century fiction, this title reconnects the things readers unwittingly ignore to the stories they tell. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 55 x 85 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261553
ISBN
9780226261553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.30
€ 45.64

Paperback. Explores apparently inconsequential objects in popular Victorian texts to make contact with their fugitive meanings. Developing an innovative approach to analyzing nineteenth-century fiction, this title reconnects the things readers unwittingly ignore to the stories they tell. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261638
ISBN
9780226261638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 120. Series: Scotnotes. 56 pages. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies (AS
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877056
ISBN
9780948877056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.27

Paperback. * Revised and expanded edition with a new introduction and postscript, published to coincide with Elaine Showalter's new hardback, A JURY OF HER PEERS Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084968
ISBN
9781844084968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646404
ISBN
9780691646404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.87

Paperback. The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Eldred Durosimi. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011183
ISBN
9781847011183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. This book not only introduces readers to ancient scholarship, but also teaches them how to read it. It includes a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the language, a glossary of over 1500 grammatical terms, and a set of more than 200 passages for translation, each accompanied by commentary. Series: American Philological Association Classical Resources Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195312935
ISBN
9780195312935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.24

Paperback. Eleanore Holveck presents Simone de Beauvoir's theory of literature and metaphysics, including its relationship to the philosophers Husserl, Heidegger, Kant, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre, with reference to the literary tradition of Goethe, Maurice Barres, Rimbaud, Andre Breton and Paul Nizan. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HPJ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742513365
ISBN
9780742513365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 1 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Europa Editions
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609452926
ISBN
9781609452926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Past traces the roots of the twentieth-century literature and cinema of crime to two much earlier, diverging interpretations of the criminal: the bodiless figure of Cesare Beccaria's Enlightenment-era On Crimes and Punishments, and the biological offender of Cesare Lombroso's positivist Criminal Man Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643888
ISBN
9781442643888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.92

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