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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. Discusses significant fantasy books, films, television series and music. This book features different approaches that offer various insights into this popular genre. It includes chapters that provide a catalogue of analytical tools for the study of fantasy. It offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the diversity of fantasy. Editor(s): Christensen, J. Riber. Num Pages: 296 pages, music. BIC Classification: DSK; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788773079621
- ISBN
- 9788773079621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.65
€ 47.99
€ 34.65
Paperback. The peculiar struggles of Canadian authors are writ large in the letters of Sinclair Ross. Editor(s): Stouck, Jordan, PhD; Stouck, David. Num Pages: 344 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888645210
- ISBN
- 9780888645210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.43
€ 40.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. A fully updated second edition of J. A. Burrow's hugely successful introduction to medieval English literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199532049
- ISBN
- 9780199532049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.45
€ 44.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Streitfeld, David. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612195896
- ISBN
- 9781612195896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, 'Empire of the Sun', this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Edition
- 1st Harper Perennial Edition
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007272341
- ISBN
- 9780007272341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613116
- ISBN
- 9780691613116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Challenges Theodor Adorno's famous statement about aesthetic production after the Holocaust, arguing for the possibility of literature to bear witness to extreme collective and personal experiences. This title considers how novels about the Holocaust relate to fictions written before and after it. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226527222
- ISBN
- 9780226527222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Hardback. The work of a master critic writing at the peak of his powers, this magisterial book draws on speech act theory, as it originated with J. L. Austin and was further developed by Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida, to investigate the many dimensions of doing things with words in James's fiction. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823225378
- ISBN
- 9780823225378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Paperback. Series: Phoenix fiction series. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002849
- ISBN
- 9780226774039
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Two-Timing Modernity integrates queer, feminist, and narratological approaches to show how key works by Japanese male authors in the early twentieth century encompassed both a straight future and a queer past by staging tensions between Japan's newly heteronormative culture and the recent memory of a male homosocial past now read as perverse. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674067127
- ISBN
- 9780674067127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.46
€ 50.99
€ 42.46
Paperback. A first volume of memoirs, revisiting the South Africa of half a century ago, of a boy growing up in a small country town with a father he could not respect and a mother he adored. Coetzee evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood, in a world of unexplained rules he knew he must obey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099268277
- ISBN
- 9780099268277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584223
- ISBN
- 9780099584223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780940322127
- ISBN
- 9780940322127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
Hardback. Deals with Coetzee's origins, early years, and first writings. This book corrects many of the misconceptions about Coetzee, and that illuminates the genesis and implications of his novels. It is suitable for everybody concerned with Coetzee's life and work. Translator(s): Heyns, Michiel. Num Pages: 712 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922070081
- ISBN
- 9781922070081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.09
€ 40.99
€ 26.09
Hardback. Like most authors, Mark Twain wrote from personal experience, but, unlike many authors, he left behind a wealth of autobiographical material recording those personal experiences. His autobiography, letters, speeches, and notebooks contain many references to events similar to those presented in Tom Sawyer. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819190598
- ISBN
- 9780819190598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.52
€ 93.52
The writings of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) have captivated scholars, activists, and ecologists for more than a century. This book offers a fresh understanding of Thoreau's political life and writings, and includes discussions of subjects ranging from his democratic individualism to the political relevance of his intellectual eccentricity. Editor(s): Turner, Jack. Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors. Num Pages: 460 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124780
- ISBN
- 9780813124780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
hardcover. An innovative examination of Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and in English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, it analyses a body of literature that has largely been ignored by Irish literature researchers. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381199
- ISBN
- 9781781381199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.58
€ 51.58
Hardback. Series: In Parole. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Contrasto
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788869656392
- ISBN
- 9788869656392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.74
€ 23.99
€ 17.74
Paperback. London's masterpiece of investigative journalism reveals the poverty of the East End of London -- a critique of capitalism that still rings true today. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; BG; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 136 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Second Edition, Centenary Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745318028
- ISBN
- 9780745318028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Hardcover. In 1894, an eighteen-year-old Jack London quit his job shoveling coal, hopped a freight train, and left California on the first leg of a ten thousand-mile odyssey. This book features several stories that London told about his hoboing days. It presents a collection of nine essays, with accompanying illustrations. Editor(s): DePastino, Todd. Series: Subterranean Lives Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- None ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813538068
- ISBN
- 9780813538068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875801940
- ISBN
- 9780875801940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.27
€ 36.27
Paperback. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324. The Love Letters of F.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 356.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747566014
- ISBN
- 9780747566014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.88
€ 19.99
€ 14.88
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754026
- ISBN
- 9780804754026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
€ 25.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPCD; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350025684
- ISBN
- 9781350025684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.68
€ 30.99
€ 27.68