Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. In this groundbreaking collection, twelve international scholars - with backgrounds in disability studies, English and world literature, classics, and history - discuss the representation of dis/ability, medical "cures," technology, and the body in science fiction. Editor(s): Allan, Kathryn. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343420
- ISBN
- 9781137343420
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Condition: New
€ 149.71
€ 149.71
Hardcover. This collection uses the concept of 'story' to connect literary materials and methods of analysis to wider issues of social and political importance. Drawing on a range of texts, themes include post-colonial literatures, history in literature, old stories in contemporary contexts, and the relationship between creativity and criticism. Editor(s): Shaw, Jan; Kelly, Philippa; Semler, Dr. L. E. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349941
- ISBN
- 9781137349941
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Condition: New
€ 68.29
€ 68.29
Paperback. This era witnessed the first full flowering of British women's writing. Drawing on the last 30 years of scholarship and textual recovery which have overturned the theory that women wrote only unambitious, domestic texts, this new paperback highlights that an English literary history that ignores women writers is not only incomplete, but inadequate. Editor(s): Labbe, Jacqueline M. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSC; DSK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350398
- ISBN
- 9781137350398
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Condition: New
€ 56.99
€ 56.99
Hardcover. Colonial Girlhood in Literature, Culture and History, 1840-1950 explores a range of real and fictional colonial girlhood experiences from Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Australia, England, Ireland, and Canada to reflect on the transitional state of girlhood between childhood and adulthood. Editor(s): Moruzi, Kristine; Smith, Michelle J. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356345
- ISBN
- 9781137356345
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Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Hardcover. This collection of essays is dedicated to examining the recent literary phenomenon of the 'neo-historical' novel, a sub-genre of contemporary historical fiction which critically re-imagines specific periods of history. Editor(s): Rousselot, Elodie. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375193
- ISBN
- 9781137375193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Hardcover. Affective Disorder and the Writing Life interrogates the mythos of the 'mad writer' through lived experience, literary analysis, writerly reflection and contemporary neuroscience. It explores how affective disorders colour, drive and sometimes silence the writing mind - and how affective difference has always informed the literary imagination. Editor(s): Stone Horton, Stephanie. Num Pages: 159 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381651
- ISBN
- 9781137381651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. Looking at the works of the Bronte sisters through a translingual, transnational, and transcultural lens, this collection is the first book-length study of the Brontes as received and reimagined in languages and cultures outside of Europe and the United States. Editor(s): Qi, Shouhua; Padgett, Jacqueline. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405142
- ISBN
- 9781137405142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. This volume offers detailed accounts of the cults of individual writers and a comparative perspective on the spread of centenary fever across Europe. It offers a fascinating insight into the interaction between literature and cultural memory, and the entanglement between local, national and European identities at the highpoint of nation-building. Editor(s): Leerssen, Joep; Rigney, Ann. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412133
- ISBN
- 9781137412133
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Condition: New
€ 129.66
€ 129.66
Hardcover. Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market delves into the influences and pressures of the marketplace on this genre, which this volume contends has been both gatekeeper as well as a significant force in shaping the production and consumption of this literature. Editor(s): Dwivedi, Om Prakash; Lau, Lisa. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137437709
- ISBN
- 9781137437709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardcover. Deleuze and Beckett is a collection of essays on specific aspects of the Deleuze and Beckett interface. Some of the world's leading Beckett and Deleuze specialists apply different concepts of Deleuzian philosophy to a wide range of Beckett's oeuvre, including his novels, short stories, and stage, film and television work. Editor(s): Wilmer, S. E.; Zukauskaite, Audrone. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481139
- ISBN
- 9781137481139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Hardcover. Serial Crime Fiction is the first book to focus explicitly on the complexities of crime fiction seriality. Covering definitions and development of the serial form, implications of the setting, and marketing of the series, it studies authors such as Doyle, Sayers, Paretsky, Ellroy, Marklund, Camilleri, Borges, across print, film and television. Editor(s): Anderson, Jean; Miranda, Carolina; Pezzotti, Barbara. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137483683
- ISBN
- 9781137483683
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Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardcover. This book examines the connections evident between the simultaneous emergence of British modernism and middlebrow literary culture from 1880 to the 1930s. The essays illustrate the mutual influences of modernist and middlebrow authors, critics, publishers and magazines. Editor(s): Macdonald, Kate; Singer, Christoph. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137486769
- ISBN
- 9781137486769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Hardcover. Published in 1962, Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook merits fresh theoretical, geopolitical, autobiographical, and aesthetic approaches. Prompted by the novel's golden anniversary, the twelve essays collected in this volume provide fresh analyses along with appreciative memoirs for 21st century readers of this well-known masterpiece. Editor(s): Ridout, Alice; Rubenstein, Roberta; Singer, Sandra L. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488374
- ISBN
- 9781137488374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Roberto Bolano is considered one of the most influential Latin American writers of his generation. The first English-language volume on the Chilean author, essays address such topics as Borges's influence, social memory, allegory, and neoliberalism and discuss works like 2666, The Savage Detectives, and Distant Star. Editor(s): Lopez-Calvo, Ignacio. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137495174
- ISBN
- 9781137495174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Oppenheim, Lois. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403903532
- ISBN
- 9781403903532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Rabate, Jean-Michel. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403912114
- ISBN
- 9781403912114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardcover. Editor(s): Harte, Liam. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403912688
- ISBN
- 9781403912688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dowson, Jane. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403913098
- ISBN
- 9781403913098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Demoor, Marysa. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403933294
- ISBN
- 9781403933294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.97
€ 128.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Rawlings, Professor Peter. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403934628
- ISBN
- 9781403934628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nixon, Jude. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403965226
- ISBN
- 9781403965226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Paperback. Robert Brasillach was executed in 1945 for what he wrote during the Nazi occupation of France. The author raises the question of whether he was condemned for his writing, or singled out as a homosexual; and why he was shot, when those responsible for the murder of thousands were set free. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226424156
- ISBN
- 9780226424156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.08
€ 30.99
€ 25.08
hardcover. Beyond Spectacle will cement Haywood's deservedly prominent place in the canon of eighteenth-century fiction and position her as a writer whose work speaks not only to female agency, but to eighteenth-century writers, gender relations, and power politics as well. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035400
- ISBN
- 9780802035400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.88
€ 62.88
hardcover. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780802090850
- ISBN
- 9780802090850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.43
€ 83.43