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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674748927
ISBN
9780674748927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.20

Paperback. The only autobiography by a major Victorian novelist, Trollope's account offers a fascinating insight into his literary life and opinions. This edition shows how he exaggerated to create his compelling narrative, and includes other writings to show how subtle and complex his approach to literature really was. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199675296
ISBN
9780199675296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.64

Hardback. Arabic novelists are increasingly finding a source of literary innovation and political transgression in the language and ideas of mediaeval Sufi thinkers and writers. This book presents close readings of the work of the Egyptian Gamal Al-Ghitany, the Algerian Taher Ouettar and the Touareg Libyan Ibrahim Al-Koni, all of whom have turned to Sufism. Series Editor(s): El-Enany, Rasheed. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641406
ISBN
9780748641406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Paperback. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 291 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447948834
ISBN
9781447948834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.44

paperback. Dorian Gray gives his soul for eternal youth. While his portrait changes hideously, reflecting his crimes and corruption, he remains outwardly flawless. This new edition uses the 1891 expanded text and shows how Wilde transformed his many sources. Editor(s): Bristow, Joseph. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535989
ISBN
9780199535989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Hardcover. An original, insightful and accessible critical account of thirty representative nineteenth-century Irish novels, The Irish Novel 1800-1910 will inform and stimulate the specialist and the general reader. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051251
ISBN
9781782051251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work; putting it into context, understanding the themes and narrative technique, as well as specialist terminology. Series: Film and Literature Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 4KLR; CJB; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual, Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471890109
ISBN
9781471890109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.79

paperback. Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 768 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSK; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099116417
ISBN
9780099116417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

paperback. With profound insight and remarkable candor, the author tracks the progress of his madness, from the smothering misery and exhaustion, to the agony of composing his own suicide note and his eventual, hard-won recovery. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSK; VSP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 88.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099285571
ISBN
9780099285571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571116133
ISBN
9780571116133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Myers, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 688 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536399
ISBN
9780199536399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. A study of 19th-century Irish authors, Edith Somerville and Martin Ross, and their literary collaboration, particularly the latter's influence on their writing and professional careers. New and in-depth archival research is used to rethink Somerville and Ross's joint authorship within the historical intellectual and literary culture. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 166 x 333 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051923
ISBN
9781782051923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. This work is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between him and his 'nurse' Philosophy. Translator(s): Watts, Victor. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447804
ISBN
9780140447804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403764
ISBN
9781474403764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.33

Hardback. This book maps the most active and vibrant period in the history of British women's writing. Examining changes and continuities in fiction, poetry, drama, and journalism, as well as women's engagement with a range of literary and popular genres, the essays in this volume highlight the range and diversity of women's writing since 1970. Editor(s): Eagleton, Mary. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137294807
ISBN
9781137294807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.53

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435160
ISBN
9780140435160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719095498
ISBN
9780719095498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. This revised and expanded handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction and creative writing, with refreshed references and new discussions of cognitive approaches to narrative, nonfiction, and narrative emotions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Edition,New edition,2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137439581
ISBN
9781137439581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.33

Paperback. From one of our most perceptive and provocative voices comes an arresting and wholly original account of the last days of Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, John Updike, Dylan Thomas, Maurice Sendak and James Salter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349008530
ISBN
9780349008530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.31

Hardback. How and why do readers attribute an ethos (of, for example, sincerity, reliability, authority, or irony) to literary characters, narrators, and even to authors? Are there particular conditions under which it is more appropriate for interpreters to attribute an ethos to authors, rather than to narrators? This book proposes to such questions. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
y First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803248366
ISBN
9780803248366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Get everything you need to achieve your full potential at English Literature A Level or AS with York Notes Study Guides, now updated for Assessment Objectives 1 to 5. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK; DSRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 213 x 297 x 10. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292138183
ISBN
9781292138183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.96

Paperback. Fairy tales shape our cultures and enrich our imaginations; their narrative stability and cultural durability are incontestable. Editor(s): Tatar, Maria. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSY; JFHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 283 x 31. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393602975
ISBN
9780393602975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.64

Paperback. For the last century, the tastes and preferences of readers of fiction have been reflected in the American and British bestseller lists, and this Very Short Introduction takes an engaging look through the lists to reveal what we have been reading - and why. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 115 x 33. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199214891
ISBN
9780199214891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483356
ISBN
9780801483356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.53

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