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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardcover. One of a complete set of Jane Austen's novels collating the editions published during the author's lifetime and previously unpublished manuscripts. The books are illustrated with 19th-century plates and incorporate revisions by experts in the light of subsequent research. Series: Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Num Pages: 624 pages, plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192547057
ISBN
9780192547057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.70

Paperback. A revolutionary social and political commentary, North and South solidified Gaskell's place in the company of Victorian England's finest novelists. Editor(s): Shelston, Alan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393979084
ISBN
9780393979084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.39

Hardback. Collects essays by contemporary North American romance authors, each with her own 'take' on the romance novel today. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836044
ISBN
9780810836044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.14

Paperback. The Knights of the Round Table. Series: Arthurian Archives. 338 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Kalinke, Marianne E. 13-14c Norse versions of French narratives of Arthur's knights, with modern prose translations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DN; DSBB; DSK; JFHF. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 18. Weight: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843061
ISBN
9781843843061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.03

Paperback. The Tristan Legend. Series: Arthurian Archives. 306 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Kalinke, Marianne E. Text with facing translation of the Scandinavian versions of the Tristan legend. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DN; DSBB; DSK; JFHF. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843054
ISBN
9781843843054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.03

Paperback. 'Ulysses' was not brought to the screen until 1967. Norris discusses the challenges that this difficult novel of the 20th century posed to the filmmaker along with the production and censorship problems that arose before the film was released to great contemporary critical acclaim. Editor(s): Norris, Margot. Series: Ireland into film. Num Pages: 102 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
102
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859182932
ISBN
9781859182932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.64

Hardback. In Norma Fox Mazer: A Writer's World, Reed chronicles her discovery that, although Mazer's husband and his work are thoroughly intertwined with and complimentary to her own, the author "is fiercely independent-a feminist." Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810838147
ISBN
9780810838147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062537
ISBN
9780252062537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. This volume offers an illuminating look at the St Lucian, Nobel prize-winning writer, Derek Walcott, and grounds his work firmly in the context of West Indian history. Num Pages: 340 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226074276
ISBN
9780226074276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Unlike the literary traditions of the United States, England, and France, the first century of Hebrew literature was lacking in women novelists; women tended to write poetry, while prose fiction was mainly the domain of male writers. This book presents a comparative analysis of Israeli fiction by women and some of its Western models. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111478
ISBN
9780231111478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Hardback. A memoir of a life in exile. Anca Vlasopolos recounts her life's journey from Romania to Paris and Brussels, then on to the United States. She writes about the peculiar attributes of displacement in the comtemporary world; the ambiguous identities, and the nostalgia for places dimly recalled. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121309
ISBN
9780231121309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.33
€ 46.48

Paperback. Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. This book tells his story. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846143304
ISBN
9781846143304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forced to make his own way in the world. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Editor(s): Ford, Mark. Num Pages: 864 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435122
ISBN
9780140435122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Aims to recaptures the world of Paris-American journalists during the period in the 1920s and 1930s by concentrating on the lives of such figures as Ernest Hemingway, James Thurber, and Henry Miller, and on the life of the newspapers, including the "Herald" and the "Tribune". Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637329
ISBN
9781566637329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.13

paperback. William Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in 13 different crafts, some of them ancient, he became a great European pattern-designer. This volume illustrates the variety of Morris's prose, while focusing on the theme of earthly paradise. Editor(s): Wilmer, Clive. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliographical notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140433302
ISBN
9780140433302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 142 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; HBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772898384
ISBN
9788772898384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Hardcover. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134889
ISBN
9780874134889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.17

Paperback. Offers broad coverage of contemporary narrative theory, including frameworks that draw from classical and post-classical narratology, linguistics, and media studies Editor(s): Page, Ruth; Thomas, Bronwen. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803217867
ISBN
9780803217867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. A collection of essays that introduces readers to the wonders and value of science fiction writing. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141198620
ISBN
9780141198620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Hardback. In the introduction to this collection of essays, the editor discusses the background and critical reception of "The Crying of Lot 49". Further essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical and scientific contexts. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Patrick. Series Editor(s): Elliot, Emory (University of California, Riverside). Series: The American Novel. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 318 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521381635
ISBN
9780521381635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.69

Hardback. Editor(s): Gelder, Ken. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 272 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137523457
ISBN
9781137523457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.55

Paperback. Examines the effect that the rise of the welfare state had on American modernism during the 1930s and 1940s and, conversely, what difference modernism made to the New Deal's famed invention of "Big Government." Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325628
ISBN
9780822325628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Hardback. Suitable for those concerned with contemporary writing on D H Lawrence, modernism and English radical cultures, this work includes such chapters as: Andrew Harrison on the marketing of "Sons and Lovers"; Howard J Booth on "The Rainbow"; Holly A Laird on ethics and suicide in "Women in Love"; and Hugh Stevens on psychoanalysis in "Women in Love". Editor(s): Booth, Howard J. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078361
ISBN
9780719078361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.11

Hardcover. Contains readings of nineteenth-century Irish women's prose works by various international scholars. This book looks at writers who have been ignored in Irish Studies and they draw attention to women's contributions to literary genres commonly associated with male writers. It examines prose writing that does not fit the usual categories. Editor(s): Hansson, Heidi. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184165
ISBN
9781859184165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

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