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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the 'coming-of-age' novel. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621736
- ISBN
- 9780748621736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.54€ 141.81
€ 148.54
€ 141.81
Hardback. Lively and specially commissioned chapters cover the entire range of Kelman's writing - including novels, short stories, essays, polemics and plays - and the vigorous debates it has provoked. Editor(s): Hames, Scott. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639632
- ISBN
- 9780748639632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 96.54
€ 101.01
€ 96.54
Paperback. Focusing on Annie Ernaux's writing trajectory, this title provides an analysis of Ernaux's individual texts. It highlights the contradictions and nuances in her writing, and demonstrates the intellectual intricacies of her literary project. Series: Modern French Writers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853235477
- ISBN
- 9780853235477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardback. This book explores the idea that modern, Western secular cultures have retained a belief in the concept of Hell as an event or experience of endless or unjust suffering.The wide range of texts discussed, include Primo Levi, W.G. Sebald, and Alasdair Gray. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617630
- ISBN
- 9780748617630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.78€ 119.62
€ 124.78
€ 119.62
Paperback. Explores the way Virginia Woolf used essay-writing techniques to develop her conception of the modern novel. This book includes revisionary accounts of A Room of One's Own (1929) and Three Guineas (1938), and new readings of Woolf's major and less well-known novels, including The Pargiters, her failed 'essay-novel'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694105
- ISBN
- 9780748694105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 coloUr. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837637045
- ISBN
- 9783837637045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.22
€ 48.99
€ 35.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Dow, William; Craven, Professor Alice Mikal; Nakamura, Yoko. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501312694
- ISBN
- 9781501312694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.70
€ 37.99
€ 31.70
Hardback. The Edinburgh Companion to the Victorian Gothic is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory. Editor(s): Hughes, William. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642496
- ISBN
- 9780748642496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 108.53
€ 112.89
€ 108.53
Hardcover. Provides fresh reflections on literary influence using Katherine Mansfield as a case study. This title helps in understanding this impetus for artistic production through an examination of authors wide net of literary associations. Editor(s): Harvey, Melinda; Ailwood, Sarah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694419
- ISBN
- 9780748694419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 106.95
€ 102.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646053
- ISBN
- 9780691646053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.26
€ 150.26
Hardback. This book identifies and interprets the longstanding, transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBS; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625482
- ISBN
- 9780748625482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 108.53
€ 112.89
€ 108.53
Hardback. A highly original exploration of Joyce's engagement with sexual questions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 394. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- SKU
- KSG0016013
- ISBN
- 9780521248112
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 36.00
€ 36.00
Paperback. This text describes children's fiction about Native Americans and explains the cultural contexts of each work. It provides a balanced discussion of the portrayal of native peoples and customs in children's literature, taking into account that some publications have been inaccurate. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; YFB; YQEF. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897747820
- ISBN
- 9780897747820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.16
€ 53.16
Hardback. This highly original book explores whether globalisation might now be prompting a sub-genre of the novel adept at imagining global community. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638154
- ISBN
- 9780748638154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 108.53
€ 112.89
€ 108.53
Paperback. Elizabeth English explores the aesthetic dilemma prompted by the censorship of Radclyffe Hall's novel The Well of Loneliness in 1928. Faced with legal and financial reprisals, women writers were forced to question how they might represent lesbian identity and desire. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474424493
- ISBN
- 9781474424493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. Why have theorists approached narrative primarily as a form of retrospect? Mark Currie argues that anticipation and other forms of projection into the future are vital for an understanding of narrative and its effects in the world. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642465
- ISBN
- 9780748642465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.72
€ 32.99
€ 27.72
Paperback. This Companion brings together an international 'Brodie set' of critics to trace the history, impact, reception and major themes of Spark's work, from her early poetry to her last novel. Editor(s): Gardiner, Michael; Maley, Willy. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748637690
- ISBN
- 9780748637690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. In this study, David Brauner explores the representation of Jewishness in a number of works by postwar British and American Jewish writers, identifying a transatlantic sensibility characterized by an insistent compulsion to explain themselves and their Jewishness in ambivalent terms. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740354
- ISBN
- 9780333740354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.71€ 81.13
€ 130.71
€ 81.13
Hardcover. Containing three interconnected essays, this book sets Ha Jin's own work and life alongside those of other literary exiles, creating a conversation across cultures and between eras. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226399881
- ISBN
- 9780226399881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.46
€ 16.99
€ 14.46
Hardback. A new definitive edition of Stevenson's famous exploration of evil and greed. Editor(s): Katz, Wendy Roberta. Series: The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748608379
- ISBN
- 9780748608379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.37
€ 106.95
€ 102.37