Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. This volume presents a dozen original essays by leading scholars in the fields of the ancient novel, Julio-Claudian culture, and early Roman imperial history, focused on Petronius' fragmentary work The Satyricon. The essays move from literary studies to cultural studies to historical studies. Editor(s): Repath, Ian D. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118451373
- ISBN
- 9781118451373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.28
€ 45.28
Paperback. "When Bhakkiyam falls in love with a Dalit sub-inspector, death is the only punishment that will satisfy her village panchayat. Pazhani, her father, is ordered to kill her. But how can a father murder his own daughter?"--Amazon.com. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199459520
- ISBN
- 9780199459520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.50
€ 30.50
Paperback. This is a revised and expanded edition of Woodcock's accessible study, now including detailed readings of Carey's latest novels, 'Jack Maggs' and 'True History of the Kelly Gang'. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press England
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227719
- ISBN
- 9780719067983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. This study of Peter Ackroyd rejects the postmodern label previously attached to the author. It provides a consideration of all Ackroyd's writing to date, from his poetry and critical thought, to his novels and biographies. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2000th Edition
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333677513
- ISBN
- 9780333677513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.62
€ 194.62
Paperback. Having been persuaded to view the match as imprudent, Anne Elliot broke off her engagement to a naval officer with no prospects. Seven years later, when they meet again, Anne has the chance to recover the happiness she had forgone. This new edition examines Persuasion against the background of the Napoleonic Wars and includes fuller notes and appendices on social rank, dancing, and the Navy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535552
- ISBN
- 9780199535552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.31
€ 8.99
€ 8.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; DSK; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403967190
- ISBN
- 9781403967190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Paperback. An extensive historical analysis of utopian narratives in the Chinese and Euro-American traditions. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 801.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089643506
- ISBN
- 9789089643506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.96
€ 88.96
Perfect Companionship: Ellen Glasgow's Selected Correspondence with Wo...
Pamela R. . Ed(S): Matthews
hardcover. Ellen Glasgow's originality of mind and fascination with her native South are in display in this selection of her correspondence with women. Covering more than sixty years, Perfect Companionship collects some 250 letters. Editor(s): Matthews, Pamela R. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923352
- ISBN
- 9780813923352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.14
€ 80.14
Paperback. Offers an account of the author's modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507598
- ISBN
- 9780099507598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.92
€ 21.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. Herman Roth is eighty-six years old, a widower and retired insurance manager, suffering from a brain tumour and fighting death. In a remarkable act of memory, elegy and appreciation, the author creates his most irrepressible and irresistible hero - his father. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099914303
- ISBN
- 9780099914303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardcover. This study examines the novels of Patrick White, the great Australian writer and Nobel Prize-winner. It begins from the observation that major characters in his novels undergo a failure. This failure paradoxically enables their success within the context of what White has called the 'overreaching grandeur' which circumscribes human existence. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear and some edgewear to DW
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0001347
- ISBN
- 9780333388693
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Considered by many as one of the most innovative writers to hit the French literary scene in over 40 years, Chamoiseau made his name with his book Texaco (published in 1992 and winner of the highest literary prize in France, the Prix Goncourt). This book examines the work of the award-winning writer Patrick Chamoiseau. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KJWWM; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316869
- ISBN
- 9781846316869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.43
€ 55.43
Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white line drawings, maps, charts. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935188
- ISBN
- 9780813935188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.71
€ 40.71
Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white line drawings, charts. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935171
- ISBN
- 9780813935171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.90
€ 90.90
paperback. A study of the life and work of the lesbian writer, Jane Rule. Incorporating Rule's early work, including unpublished manuscripts, letters, magazine and newspaper columns, as well as fan-mail, the book also draws on interviews and conversations with the author. Series: Passionate Communities. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814781333
- ISBN
- 9780814781333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072482
- ISBN
- 9780252072482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.06
€ 23.99
€ 22.06
Paperback. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. This work explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. It discusses the major works of both authors. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631484
- ISBN
- 9780815631484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.27
€ 35.27
Hardcover. Like many of their characters, Joyce and Beckett were superb musicians, creators of performance, and they sought both to evoke and exhaust the resources and rhythms of language and performance. This work explores the rich historical and literary backgrounds of this distinctly Irish phenomenon. It discusses the major works of both authors. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibiography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631231
- ISBN
- 9780815631231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.39
€ 64.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403970138
- ISBN
- 9781403970138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573093927
- ISBN
- 9781573093927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.41
€ 77.41