Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. Though Anita Scott Coleman was born in Mexico and reared in New Mexico, her stories appeared frequently in "The Crisis" and other leading journals of the Harlem Renaissance. This collection presents a road map of African American life in the Southwest and West during the movements glory days. Editor(s): Champion, Laurie. Num Pages: 189 pages, 1 b/w photo. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726291
- ISBN
- 9780896726291
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Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Hardcover. With references to his work appearing everywhere from the New Yorker to The Simpsons, Joseph Conrad remains one of the twentieth century's most widely discussed literary figures. This title analyzes both conrad's early and major works, including "The Nigger of the Narcissus", "Heart of Darkness", "Lord Jim", and "Nostromo". Num Pages: 234 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726338
- ISBN
- 9780896726338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.46
€ 42.99
€ 37.46
Paperback. In Adulterous Nations, Tatiana Kuzmic enlarges our perspective on the nineteenth-century novel of adultery, showing how it often served as a metaphor for relationships between the imperialistic and the colonized. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810133976
- ISBN
- 9780810133976
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Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. The essays in Visionary of the Word bring together the latest scholarship on Herman Melville's treatment of religion across his long career as a writer of fiction and poetry. Editor(s): Cook, Jonathan A. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810134256
- ISBN
- 9780810134256
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Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. Series: Sport, culture & society. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; JFD; JFSJ2; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557286826
- ISBN
- 9781557286826
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Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Hardcover. According to the author, the 19th century was incapable of managing the feminine question and prefered to mythicize it. Everything that was related to it, especially feminine sexuality, was transformed into fiction. Thus women were saddled with the role of scapegoat. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531230
- ISBN
- 9781557531230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.08
€ 46.08
Hardcover. Looking at six Spanish novels, from the 1940s through the 1990s, this book proposes a new concept of the novel of feminine development. It emphasizes the importance of voicing women's sentiments previously unexpressed in Spanish literature. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJP; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557531643
- ISBN
- 9781557531643
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Condition: New
€ 44.79
€ 44.79
Hardcover. In this comparative study of Honore d'Urfe's "L'Astree" and Charles Sorel's "Le Berger extravagant", the author examines the historical transition from the idealist, pastoral romance to the more realist anti-romance. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations24 cm. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532350
- ISBN
- 9781557532350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.42
€ 76.42
Hardcover. In a world of increasing conformity, the modern eccentric can be seen as a contemporary hero and guardian of individualism. This study defines the modern eccentric in 20th-century French literature and compares the notions of the eccentric by tracing its relation to time, space and society. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557532510
- ISBN
- 9781557532510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.18
€ 44.18
Paperback. The volume fills a gap in scholarship about Imre Kertesz, whose work to date is largely unknown in the English-speaking world. In addition to the papers, the volume contains a bibliography of Kertesz's works including translations, and a bibliography of studies in several languages about his work. Editor(s): Vasvari, Louise O.; Totosy de Zepetnek, Steven. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2FCM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533968
- ISBN
- 9781557533968
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Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26
Paperback. The Mexican government's brutal repression of the Student Movement of 1968 in the infamous Massacre of Tlatelolco exposed and exacerbated a serious crisis of political legitimacy. This study examines the cultural impact of this watershed event through historically contextualized readings of five paradigmatic novels. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534873
- ISBN
- 9781557534873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.22
€ 62.22
Paperback. Several canonical works of literary fiction have provided their readers with verbal maps that in their depictions of boundary spaces construct indirect images of national territory and geography. This book analyzes fictional texts as a discursive territoriality that shape readers' notions of (and ambivalence about) national and regional belonging. Editor(s): Beebee, Thomas O. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534989
- ISBN
- 9781557534989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.48
€ 47.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Royal, Derek. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535849
- ISBN
- 9781557535849
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Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536020
- ISBN
- 9781557536020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.02
€ 63.02
Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536259
- ISBN
- 9781557536259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.58
€ 63.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536419
- ISBN
- 9781557536419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
Paperback. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; APF; DSK; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536877
- ISBN
- 9781557536877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Paperback. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537133
- ISBN
- 9781557537133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537157
- ISBN
- 9781557537157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.16
€ 63.16
Paperback. In 1987 Bernard W. Bell published "The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition", a comprehensive interpretive history of more than 150 novels written by African Americans from 1853 to 1983. This is a sequel and companion to the earlier work, expanding the coverage to 2001. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494732
- ISBN
- 9781558494732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.02
€ 42.99
€ 33.02