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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardcover. The story of Oscar Wilde's landmark 1882 American tour explains how this quotable literary eminence became famous for being famous. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 243 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393063172
ISBN
9780393063172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Mary Wesley published her first novel at seventy and went on to write a further nine bestsellers, including the legendary The Camomile Lawn. Many of her stories were inspired by her experiences during the Blitz, and by her marriages. The author highlights the links between Wesley's real life and her fiction. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099498179
ISBN
9780099498179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This anthology of primary materials-the words of American women writers on the act of authorship and their participation in the literary cultures of the nineteenth century- offers revealing insight into Hawthorne's "damned mob of scribbling women." Editor(s): Boyd, Anne E. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892752
ISBN
9780801892752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.36

paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 70. Series: Focus on. 44 pages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 156 x 5. Weight: 70.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Number of pages
44
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075347
ISBN
9781906075347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.25

Paperback. Born into the oppressive, colonialist society of 1930s Jamaica, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty and sensuality. After their marriage, however, disturbing rumours begin to circulate which poison her husband against her. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182858
ISBN
9780141182858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.97

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780452298156
ISBN
9780452298156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the 21st century.-Boston Globe Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465030507
ISBN
9780465030507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153904
ISBN
9780231153904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 73.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. 320 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight: 392.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153911
ISBN
9780231153911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453342
ISBN
9780801453342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Paperback. Based on unprecedented access to private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts and attuned to a musically inclined poet's skill in close listening, Who Can Afford to Improvise? retraces the full arc of James Baldwin's passage across the pages and stages of his career amplifying our sense of his contemporary relevance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823276837
ISBN
9780823276837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Whither Quo Vadis? offers an engaging account of how the Roman world and its history are represented in film and the way in which the different adaptations reflect the shifting historical situations and ideological concerns of their own times. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AP; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183857
ISBN
9781405183857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.04

Paperback. This original and incisive study of the fiction of Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid and Toni Morrison uses cutting edge cultural and literary theory to examine the 'knotted' mother-daughter relations that form the thematic basis of the texts examined. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137440853
ISBN
9781137440853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403921987
ISBN
9781403921987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. Focusing on the significance of place in North American fiction, this work includes chapters on Indian tent rings, the black search for place in America, the sense of place in William Styron's "Sophie's Choice", and Flannery O'Connor's "Displaced Persons". Editor(s): Westarp, Karl-Heinz. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883700
ISBN
9788772883700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.50

Hardback. With a firm grasp on the latest developments in adaptation theory, Della Coletta invites scholars of media studies, cultural history, comparative literature, and adaptation studies to deepen their understanding of this critical encounter between texts, writers, readers, and cultural movements. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403656
ISBN
9781421403656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.97
€ 63.20

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KLN0018242
ISBN
9781860499593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Most widely known as the controversial OFSTED Chief, Chris Woodhead held forthright views that turned up the volume of the national education debate. As journalism, education is at the core of this book, but it also reflects his passions for literature and climbing, and concludes with his courageous thoughts on assisted dying. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JHBZ; JNL; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The University of Buckingham Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908684820
ISBN
9781908684820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244. Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved. 352 pages. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408831694
ISBN
9781408831694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538591
ISBN
9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.18

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