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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293875
ISBN
9780226293875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. Although George Eliot has long been described as "the novelist of the Midlands" she often brought the outer reaches of the empire home in her work. This text studies Eliot's problematic, career-long interest in representing racial and ethnic "Otherness". Num Pages: 208 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 585. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821414415
ISBN
9780821414415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.66

paperback. Focuses on European and American trial fiction since about 1880, arguing that, although generally animated by a sense of injustice, this literature reflects the virtual collapse in Western culture of the idea of a universal, or "natural", ethical law. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215102
ISBN
9780823215102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. A profound reconsideration of how Blanchot work figures theologically in some of the major currents of twentieth-century thought. Hart reveals Blanchot to be a thinker devoted to the possibilities of a spiritual life with the possibilities of leading an ethical life in the absence of God. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226318110
ISBN
9780226318110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Drawing on private letters and papers, and with the co-operation of Daphne du Maurier's family, the author explores the secret drama of her life - the stifling relationship with her father, actor-manager Gerald du Maurier; her troubled marriage to war hero and royal aide, 'Boy' Browning; her wartime love affair; and more. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099333319
ISBN
9780099333319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Recovers Twain's final years as they really were - lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm. Num Pages: 365 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250000
ISBN
9780520250000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.31

paperback. Refuting commonly held beliefs within women's and lesbian history, feminist theory, and histories of the novel, this book challenges the idea that sex between women was unimaginable in British culture before the late nineteenth century. It is of interest to readers engaged in literary and queer theory. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320494
ISBN
9780822320494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Rocet Arwel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFW; BG; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708315613
ISBN
9780708315613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.32

Paperback. In these impressions of the Italian countryside: "Twilight in Italy", "Sea and Sardina", and "Etruscan Places", the author transforms ordinary incidents into passages of intense beauty. Editor(s): Squires, Michael. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441559
ISBN
9780141441559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Precociously brilliant in his youth, Cyril Connolly was haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romatic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two great books, "The Unquiet Grave" and "Enemies of Promise", are classics of English prose, combining wit, romanticism and merciless self-knowledge. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666350
ISBN
9780712666350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480047
ISBN
9781611480047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.51

Paperback. Focuses on the status of novels as commodities, their mediation of national cultures, and their role in transnational exchange. This book examines the forms and histories of the novel in England, Nigeria, Japan, France, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. Editor(s): Lynch, Deidre; Warner, William Beatty. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318439
ISBN
9780822318439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Features a satire on the moral failure of the "Jazz Age". This book explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery and use of colour, and how these contribute to a seamless interplay of social comedy and symbolic landscape. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Stg
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140771978
ISBN
9780140771978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458. The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels. 232 pages, ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157827
ISBN
9780231157827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

paperback. A fascinating look at the contemporary Amerian crime novel in all its variety and complexity. Editor(s): Messent, Peter B. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780745310169
ISBN
9780745310169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816641352
ISBN
9780816641352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Since the mid-19th century crime fiction has been one of the most popular sub-genres of the novel. In this Very Short Introduction, Richard Bradford explores its origins and the features that define its varied style. He considers its role in popular culture around the world and considers why its classification as 'literature' is still ambiguous. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199658787
ISBN
9780199658787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763540612
ISBN
9788763540612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.12
€ 40.81

hardcover. The thesis of this book is that repetition is central to Tolstoy's art. The author argues that Tolstoy uses this device--or rather, complex of devices--to represent and examine the processes by which people structure and give meaning to their experience. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732154
ISBN
9780804732154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739139912
ISBN
9780739139912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.72

Paperback. Culture defines itself, its classes, its power structures, and its economy in terms of how it allows and encourages drugs to circulate. "Madame Bovary" takes up the problems of drugs and addiction in numerous ways. This title unpacks and presents as examples of the safe and unsafe. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 237 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071904
ISBN
9780252071904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314691
ISBN
9780822314691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593505541
ISBN
9783593505541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 42.34

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