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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

The Novel and the Obscene challenges our vision of early twentieth-century America as sexually progressive by identifying a resonant silence at the heart of the modernist American novel-a narrative mode that renders censorship symbolic at the very moment of its legal demise. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751872
ISBN
9780804751872
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Hardcover. Provides the first history of the North American farm novel, a genre which includes John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Sheila Watson's The Double Hook, and Louis Hemon's Maria Chapdelaine. Series: European Studies in North American Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2AB; 2ADF; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135377
ISBN
9781571135377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. For nine years, John Dowell and his wife spend the summer season at a German spa town in the company of the respectable Ashburnhams. Behind the placid exteriors lie the destructive passions of men and women. This text includes biographical and critical apparatus. Series: Ford Madox Ford programme. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313. 8vo. Illustrated. Near fine copy in slipcase
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Folio Society London
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
New
SKU
KSG0022657
ISBN
9781857543001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 35.00

hardcover. Amorous Acts uses psychoanalytic concepts to show how queer theory is operating to put in place a non-heterosexist social order. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751827
ISBN
9780804751827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.82

Hardback. A bold new vision of the modern English novel Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784781910
ISBN
9781784781910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Paperback. Presents fresh approaches to classic Victorian fiction from 1830-1900. This title opens up for the reader the cultural world in which the Victorian novel was written and read. It provides perspectives on how Victorian fiction relates to different contexts, such as class, sexuality, empire, psychology, law, and biology. Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405103206
ISBN
9781405103206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.51

Paperback. By viewing the novel as much more than an aesthetic form, this volume demonstrates how the genre has transformed human emotions and behavior, and the very perception of reality. It contains more than one hundred essays by critics from around the world. Editor(s): Moretti, Franco. Num Pages: 928 pages, 7 halftones. 29 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127187
ISBN
9780691127187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.34
€ 46.84

Paperback. A translated selection from the epic five-volume "Italian Il Romanzo" (2001-2003), this title views the novel primarily from the inside, examining its many formal arrangements and recurrent thematic manifestations, and looking at the plurality of the genre and its lineages. It is suitable for all students and scholars of literature. Editor(s): Moretti, Franco. Num Pages: 960 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
944
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134734
ISBN
9780691134734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.34
€ 46.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Frandsen, Norregaard; Sun, Jian; Jeppesen, Torben Grongaard. Num Pages: 191 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776748203
ISBN
9788776748203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. Explores the relationship between philanthropy and literary realism in novels by Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Eliot, and William Dean Howells, and examines how each used the figure of philanthropy both to redefine the sentiments that informed social identity and to refashion their own aesthetic practices. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625086
ISBN
9780748625086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.75
€ 108.80

Paperback. A critical study of the work of contemporary American novelist Don DeLillo, which includes the comments of rock critics, syndicated columnists and scholars of American literature. It contains an expanded "Rolling Stone" interview with the author and extracts from his novels. Editor(s): Lentricchia, Frank. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822311447
ISBN
9780822311447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Good Irish short stories will always be a delight. In this selection by Frank O'Connor, himself a distinguished short-story writer, the richly varied Irish tradition of spinning a yarn is triumphantly displayed. Editor(s): O'Connor, Frank. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260 334pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780192819185
ISBN
9780192819185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.19

Paperback. Series: Pike's Peak. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA; FT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227536
ISBN
9780804010474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Translator(s): Johnston, Ian. Series: Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554812240
ISBN
9781554812240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.95

Paperback. "This fine version, with David Cronenberg's inspired introduction and the new translator's beguiling afterword, is, I suspect, the most disturbing though the most comforting of all so far; others will follow, but don't hesitate: this is the transforming t Editor(s): Anderson, Mark M. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393923209
ISBN
9780393923209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Heller, Erich; Born, Jurgen. Translator(s): Stern, James. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Schocken Books United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed
SKU
V9780805208511
ISBN
9780805208511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. Deals with some of the best science fiction from continental Europe. Editor(s): Rottensteiner, Franz. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DQ; DSBH; DSK; FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780853239420
ISBN
9780853239420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.47

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644738
ISBN
9780691644738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32
€ 74.99

Paperback. The one empire he most coveted, the land that he wanted for his primary home, was the empire of art."-from Henry James: The Imagination of Genius Num Pages: 672 pages, 76, 76 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801862717
ISBN
9780801862717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.21

Paperback. Presents an interpretive overview of Italian American literary history. This book develops a perspective variously historical, philosophical, and cultural by which American writers of Italian descent can be read, increasing the discursive power of an ethnic literature that has received too little serious critical attention. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317395
ISBN
9780822317395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483356
ISBN
9780801483356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.53

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649894
ISBN
9780691649894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.48

Hardcover. Explores the implications of scientific discourse on Russian concepts of mental illness and national health Series Editor(s): Thompson, Mike. Series: Durham Modern Languages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091643
ISBN
9780719091643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 1232 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 154 x 74. Weight in Grams: 1693.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
1232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810851016
ISBN
9780810851016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 487.67

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