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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

paperback. First published in 1985, this volume of letters follows Susanna Moodie from her Suffolk girlhood and her experience as an aspiring young writer in London, through her emigration to Upper Canada and five decades of Canadian life. Editor(s): Hopkins, Elizabeth; Peterman, Michael. Num Pages: 590 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
590
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802071996
ISBN
9780802071996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415688017
ISBN
9780415688017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 53.52

paperback. Editor(s): Swanson, Philip. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138804180
ISBN
9781138804180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.32

Paperback. An unforgettable collection spanning fifteen years of observations on modern culture and women's lives. These essays paint the fullest picture of this wonderful writer that we've yet seen. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Counterpoint
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781582433141
ISBN
9781582433141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Kaplan, Cora; Schwarz, Bill. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472051526
ISBN
9780472051526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.39

Paperback. Smart, funny, often irreverent observations on 150 years of science fiction writing, from a literary master. This book brings together, from a quarter century of writing, great essays by the celebrated writer Thomas Disch from such diverse places as "The Nation", "New York Times Book Review", "Atlantic Monthly", "Fantasy", and "Twilight Zone". Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472068968
ISBN
9780472068968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.31

Hardcover. Series: The Body in Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472113910
ISBN
9780472113910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.15

Publisher
Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773522060
ISBN
9780773522060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.67

Paperback. Dostoevsky's openly political novel "The Devils" has left scholars intrigued with its difficult narrative structure, and fascinated by the social commentary it includes. This text contains essays that shed light on the literary structure of the novel as well as its social and political components. Editor(s): Leatherbarrow, W. J. Series: NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810114449
ISBN
9780810114449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.15

Paperback. This text examines Tolstoy's techniques and analyzes the structure of "War and Peace". Beginning with Tolstoy's strategies, devices and structural elements, it reveals the novel's larger thematic concerns, showing how the pieces fit into an overall pattern which the author calls the phoenix design. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810116979
ISBN
9780810116979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.91

Paperback. An intimate biography of the great American writer, Dos Passos, who rose from a childhood as the illegitimate son of a financial titan to become the man Sartre called "the greatest writer of our time." Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 875.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810122000
ISBN
9780810122000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.63

Paperback. Examining Stein's notebooks, manuscripts and letters, this book asks questions and explores fresh ways of reading Stein. It also examines the process of the making and remaking of Stein's texts as they move from notepad to notebook to manuscript. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 974.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810125261
ISBN
9780810125261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Pelaschiar, Laura. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSGS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633891
ISBN
9780815633891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACX; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 196 x 64. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816516834
ISBN
9780816516834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.00

Hardcover. Examines the kind of consciousness central to comic novels of the 18th century. The author asserts that it is individual identity conceived in social terms - a character's search for his or her place in a precarious social order. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820313658
ISBN
9780820313658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.58

Hardcover. These essays examine the proliferation of stylistic acts and experiments in science fiction and fantasy and assess the genre's revolutionary qualities, its reordering of narrative priorities, inversion of consecrated categories, and elevation of "minor" devices. Editor(s): Slusser, George Edgar; Rabkin, Eric S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820314556
ISBN
9780820314556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.85

Hardcover. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 42. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820314808
ISBN
9780820314808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.00

Paperback. Offers a literary and philosophical analysis of Flannery O'Connor's life and literature. It draws upon Robert Coles's personal experiences in the South during the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s, his brief acquaintance with the writer herself, and readings of her works. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820315362
ISBN
9780820315362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.98

Hardcover. An examination of classic detective fiction as a genre. The book attempts to read a variety of texts by different authors as variations on a common and relatively tight set of conventions, ranging from Edgar Allan Poe and Wilkie Collins, through Robert Louis Stevenson and H.G. Wells, to the 1960s. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820316222
ISBN
9780820316222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.01

Hardcover. This study examines Herman Mellville's search for literary strategies compatible with egalitarian, democratic and multicultural values. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820316826
ISBN
9780820316826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.07

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