Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. Deals with Coetzee's origins, early years, and first writings. This book corrects many of the misconceptions about Coetzee, and that illuminates the genesis and implications of his novels. It is suitable for everybody concerned with Coetzee's life and work. Translator(s): Heyns, Michiel. Num Pages: 712 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922070081
- ISBN
- 9781922070081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.09
€ 40.99
€ 26.09
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746308677
- ISBN
- 9780746308677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.95
€ 25.99
€ 23.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Streitfeld, David. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612195896
- ISBN
- 9781612195896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.28
€ 17.99
€ 14.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800. A Life Raised High. 480 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 35. Weight: 796.
- Publisher
- Pomona
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904590231
- ISBN
- 9781904590231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Paperback. A fascinating new biography of the creator of the Lord of the Rings and Middle Earth. Num Pages: 240 pages, Colour photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Lion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745955148
- ISBN
- 9780745955148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. This collection of writings looks at how the Nobel Laureate has navigated the tricky waters of being a public intellectual in the contentious world he inhabits, which touches on racism, sexism, animal rights, ecofeminism, and contemporary literature. Editor(s): Poyner, Jane. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821416877
- ISBN
- 9780821416877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardcover. Providing an extensive reassessment of dominant and recurring themes in Ballard's writing, including historical violence, pornography, post 9/11 politics, and urban space, this book also engages with Ballard's 'late' modernism; his experimentation with style and form; and his sustained interests in psychology and psychopathology. Editor(s): Baxter, Jeannette; Wymer, Rowland. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278127
- ISBN
- 9780230278127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231029889
- ISBN
- 9780231029889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538409
- ISBN
- 9780199538409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. Editor(s): White, Jeffrey A. Translator(s): White, Jeffrey A. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 211 x 37. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017436
- ISBN
- 9780674017436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Hardback. This book seeks to establish the importance of the erotic element in Calvino's work through an investigation of the connection between his theories on language and sexual representation. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838635315
- ISBN
- 9780838635315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.11
€ 117.11
Paperback. Presents an interpretive overview of Italian American literary history. This book develops a perspective variously historical, philosophical, and cultural by which American writers of Italian descent can be read, increasing the discursive power of an ethnic literature that has received too little serious critical attention. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317395
- ISBN
- 9780822317395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.49
€ 37.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Truran United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850221784
- ISBN
- 9781850221784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.24
€ 8.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781477310670
- ISBN
- 9781477310670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845231743
- ISBN
- 9781845231743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.93
€ 29.93
Hardcover. This study of the sub-Saharan African novel interprets representations of Islam as a central organising presence that generates new conceptual questions and demands new critical frameworks with which to approach categories like nationhood, race, diaspora, immigration, and Africa's multiple colonial pasts. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2AB; DSK; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108431
- ISBN
- 9780230108431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardback. An examination of the changing relationship between the writer and his protagonists, exploring how Isherwood's fiction achieves artistic integration and literary significance only when it reflects his personal concerns through theme and technique as he experiments with new narrative strategies. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333452882
- ISBN
- 9780333452882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.99
€ 193.99
Hardback. An analysis of the discourses and cultural scripts used in telling stories about the relationship between teenage daughters and mothers in young adult novels and in short stories published between 1965 and 1998. It employs feminist theories and insights on female adolescence. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, footnotes, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836921
- ISBN
- 9780810836921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.08
€ 108.08
Paperback. Before Gertrude Stein became the 20th century's preeminent experimental writer, she spent a decade conducting research in a psychological laboratory and medical school in the US. This book unearths the turn-of-the-century scientific and philosophical worlds in which the young Stein was immersed. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749305
- ISBN
- 9780804749305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
hardcover. An innovative examination of Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and in English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, it analyses a body of literature that has largely been ignored by Irish literature researchers. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381199
- ISBN
- 9781781381199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.58
€ 51.58