Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. Providing perspectives on Virginia Woolf as observed and remembered by relatives, close friends, acquaintances and fellow writers, this book sheds light on the private and public personalities of Virginia Woolf. Editor(s): Stape, J. H. Series: Interviews & Recollections S. Num Pages: 195 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333629215
- ISBN
- 9780333629215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. Characterizes Fielding's personality and details ways in which Fielding's attitudes contribute to the subject matter of his plays and novels and to the rhetorical strategies that control their shape as well. The book shows that his work as lawyer, magistrate, and essayist was similarly informed. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633236
- ISBN
- 9780333633236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.88
€ 60.88
hardcover. Drawing on the theories of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, this book places Dickens within the discourse circulating within his society, in particular those associated with modernity. Focusing on his novels written after 1848, his relationship to modernity can be seen in his treatment of violence. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333633892
- ISBN
- 9780333633892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardcover. Drawing on a range of material from archives in the US and from a variety of primary historical sources, this study places Cather's major fiction in its cultural context. It explores "progressivism", "primitivism" and "Americanization" in such novels as "My Antonia" and "O Pioneers!". Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634516
- ISBN
- 9780333634516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study which combines medical history, semiotic theory, psychoanalysis and literary criticism in an examination of the complex interimplication of the subject and object of madness in canonical and non-canonical texts from Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope to Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Henry James. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634660
- ISBN
- 9780333634660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardback. This examination of his fiction and non-fiction reveals Huxley's significance for cross-disciplinary debates between religion, science and literature, and provides examples of the transmission or refraction of knowledge from one discourse to another. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333637678
- ISBN
- 9780333637678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Taking account of the latest research, this study shows how Stevenson lived an incredibly active life, during which he travelled widely, wrote a large amount of fiction, essays and poetry, and was always eager to journey on to the next place or embark on a new literary project. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 101 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 235.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638880
- ISBN
- 9780333638880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. This fully revised second edition of "The Modern Arabic Short Story" is an anthology offering English translations of previously unavailable Arabic texts. Each story has been translated and collected with an introduction and overview of this classical form of storytelling. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641361
- ISBN
- 9780333641361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardback. Spanning the period encompassing the rise, heyday and decline of sentimentalism, the book considers how the trajectory of the movement affected the sentimental novel's use of discourses of economics, sensibility and femininity and assesses the impact of the pressures of the post-Revolutionary 1790s on these areas. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333644775
- ISBN
- 9780333644775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Examines the literary strategies of Anais Nin in their psychoanalytical and stylistic dimensions, scrutinizing her artistry, and identifying her modernist techniques and her poetic vision. This volume also contains views of Nin by her brother Joaquin Nin-Culmell. Editor(s): Nalbantian, Suzanne. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333650875
- ISBN
- 9780333650875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Hardback. This text shows how Thackeray's own life shaped his novels. It analyzes his philosophy and religion along with his experiences with women, and his acknowledgements of his dependence on writing for a livelihood, to provide an explanation for his narrative strategies. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333650929
- ISBN
- 9780333650929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Paperback. This text shows how Thackeray's own life shaped his novels. It analyzes his philosophy and religion along with his experiences with women, and his acknowledgements of his dependence on writing for a livelihood, to provide an explanation for his narrative strategies. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333650936
- ISBN
- 9780333650936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.28
€ 126.28
Paperback. As well as being the author of children's literature, Stevenson's travel writing - an insight into life of the South Sea islands - has also grown in reputation. This volume brings together interviews and recollections from a range of material, portraying the life and times of the author. Editor(s): Terry, R.C. Series: Interviews & Recollections S. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333650998
- ISBN
- 9780333650998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.32
€ 39.32
Hardback. Explores representations of "monstrous" women in mid-Victorian literature, tracing male responses to the feminist movement of the era. This text argues that Victorian patriarchy was a fluid theory and set of practices through which Victorian men attempted unsuccessfully to fix gender definitions. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333655771
- ISBN
- 9780333655771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Paperback. Explores representations of "monstrous" women in mid-Victorian literature, tracing male responses to the feminist movement of the era. This text argues that Victorian patriarchy was a fluid theory and set of practices through which Victorian men attempted unsuccessfully to fix gender definitions. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333655788
- ISBN
- 9780333655788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Hardback. Covering classic texts such as "Frankenstein" and "Wuthering Heights" and contemporary fiction by authors including Iain Banks and William Gibson, this study focuses on the opposition between the Gothic tradition and the law, suggesting that at all points it produces transgression. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333658017
- ISBN
- 9780333658017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. Covering classic texts such as "Frankenstein" and "Wuthering Heights" and contemporary fiction by authors including Iain Banks and William Gibson, this study focuses on the opposition between the Gothic tradition and the law, suggesting that at all points it produces transgression. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 393.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333658024
- ISBN
- 9780333658024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.36
€ 127.36
Hardcover. This collection of William Makepeace Thackeray's letters has been selected according to their ability to convey the essential biographical developments of his life, as well as their ability to represent his characteristic verbal and pictorial expressions. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333660737
- ISBN
- 9780333660737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.31
€ 130.31
Paperback. This study focuses on the work of four Victorian anti-feminist women writers - Eliza Lynn Linton, Charlotte M. Yonge, Mrs Humphry Ward and Margaret Oliphant - examining their self-contradictory responses to the debate about women's role in family life and society. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333663134
- ISBN
- 9780333663134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. Arguing that every one of Woolf's books was quite different in technique from every other, this study argues that the author never settled on one way of writing because she never settled on one view of life. Aspects of Woolf's work are examined against various historical contexts. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333665497
- ISBN
- 9780333665497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Hardcover. The novelist Meredith is renowned for his radical portrayal of social and personal relations, especially of gender. This work examines Meredith's novels in the light of 20th-century literary theory, especially the work of Mikhail Bakhtin. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333675946
- ISBN
- 9780333675946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Hardback. This study explores the relations between reader and text across the span of Sheridan Le Fanu's career, placing his early work of the 1830s in context. Victor Sage concentrates on the development in Le Fanu of hybrid forms, which mingle satire and comedy with Gothic horror. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333677551
- ISBN
- 9780333677551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardback. "Sold, a legal prostitute" in marriage at 15, Charlotte Smith left her wastrel husband to support their children as a novelist. A radical author at the time when the French Revolution raised hopes of reform, she had an influence on the young Jane Austen. This biography traces Smith's life. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333678459
- ISBN
- 9780333678459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.61
€ 195.61