Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. A dissection of 20th century author W.G. Sebald's fiction and his acclaim. It investigates his universal appeal and explores themes, issues, and influences that dominate the writer's oeuvre. It also considers his career in the German speaking and English speaking worlds. Series: Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035067
- ISBN
- 9781570035067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed.
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872498693
- ISBN
- 9780872498693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Hardcover. Offers an introduction to the works of a Cajun writer who finds optimism in his blue-collar tales. This book presents a study of the Louisiana storyteller, who injects a seldom heard Cajun voice into Southern literature and offers a optimistic vision among other contemporary writers of the hardscrabble American South. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038594
- ISBN
- 9781570038594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Hardcover. Understanding Thomas Mann offers a comprehensive guide to the novels, short stories, novellas, and non-fiction of one of the most renowned and prolific German writers. In addition to analysing Mann's most famous works, Hannelore Mundt introduces readers to lesser-known works, among them Joseph and His brothers. Series: Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035371
- ISBN
- 9781570035371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Hardcover. Peter Wolfe's study of Penelope Fitzgerald characterizes her work as having unerring dramatic judgment, a friendly and fluid style, and lyrical and precise descriptive passages. In this survey of Fitzgerald's life and career, he explains how shet brings resources of talent and craft, thought and feeling, courage and vulnerability, to her writing. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035616
- ISBN
- 9781570035616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.45
€ 51.45
Paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 0. .
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- new in paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611170528
- ISBN
- 9781611170528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. "Understanding Martin Amis" is a guide to the novels, short stories and non-fiction by one of Britain's most highly acclaimed and controversial authors. James Diedrick draws on personal interviews, reviews and criticism to map the distinctive features of Martin Amis's imaginative landscape. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliographic references, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 2 New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035166
- ISBN
- 9781570035166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Hardcover. The recipient of the 1998 O Henry Award and the 2004 Rea Award for the Short Story, Lorrie Moore is best known for her short fiction. This book shows that Moore's virtuosic prose, wry humor, and sense of irony are tools for registering how Americans face the discomfort of their daily lives as individuals and as a nation. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038235
- ISBN
- 9781570038235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
Paperback. A guide to the life and work of the author of "The Remains of the Day". It reveals Ishiguro's novels to be intricately crafted, psychologically absorbing, hauntingly evocative works that betray the author's grounding not only in the literature of Japan but also in the 20th-century British and Irish masters - Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037948
- ISBN
- 9781570037948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Paperback. Surveys the career of Julian Barnes - an innovative British novelist who has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize on three occasions. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 13
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038754
- ISBN
- 9781570038754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
paperback. Explores the idiosyncratic vision that permeates Heller's writings, and maps the dark terrain Heller carved out, novel by novel, with considerable verbal dazzle. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038402
- ISBN
- 9781570038402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.29
€ 32.29
Hardcover. Filling the gap of critical study on McCorkle, Barbara Bennett analyzes the widely read and admired output of this prolific southern woman writer. Bennett identifies and discusses the diverse characters, thematic concerns and keen sense of language that distinguish McCorkle's work. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570033506
- ISBN
- 9781570033506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039829
- ISBN
- 9781570039829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Hardcover. In examining the four novels and one collection of short stories by Hubert Selby Jr, this author argues that the full complexity of his fiction has not previously been understood. It contends that Selby's writings, represent an innovative merger of two narrative modes. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570031762
- ISBN
- 9781570031762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
hardcover. Analyses Edward P. Jones's award-winning works as well as the significant influences that have shaped his craft. Following an overview of Jones's life, influences, and career, James W. Coleman provides an introduction to the technique of Jones's fiction, which he likens to a tapestry, woven of intricate, varied, and sometimes disparate elements. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611176445
- ISBN
- 9781611176445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2009 by University of South Carolina Press. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611170184
- ISBN
- 9781611170184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.02
€ 31.02
Hardcover. An exploration of the major trends and developments during three decades that witnessed science fiction's most dramatic progression from subliterary escapist entertainment to a more sophisticated literature of ideas. Darren Harris-Fain suggests the current field with all its variety results from the preceding decades of writings. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035852
- ISBN
- 9781570035852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.51
€ 47.51
Paperback. Carson McCullers was deemed the "find of the decade" when she appeared on the literary scene at the age of twenty-three and is best remembered for her celebrated novels "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" and "The Member of the Wedding." This book provides a balanced introductory study of her major fiction and shows her as more than a lesbian novelist. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036156
- ISBN
- 9781570036156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Hardcover. An analysis introducing Mason's nonfiction prose, short stories and novels. Price sheds light on the writer's distinctive style and thematic concerns in her writings about contemporary Western Kentucky. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570033810
- ISBN
- 9781570033810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611170511
- ISBN
- 9781611170511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.02
€ 31.02
hardcover. Following a literary analysis of "Animal Farm", this text then examines the historical, political and literary issues raised by the novel to basic tenets of Marxism, the Russian Revolution and Josef Stalin, and the relation of George Orwell's life to the writing of the novel. Series: The Greenwood Press Literature in Context. Num Pages: 256 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Greenwood United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313302015
- ISBN
- 9780313302015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.30
€ 73.30
Hardcover. Alan Sillitoe, is this subject of this work. It is an analysis of his early life and literary influences, and the author looks at four dominant themes in his work: new existentialism; identity of "love"; madness and freedom; and the characterization of women. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570032196
- ISBN
- 9781570032196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.20
€ 47.20
Paperback. A collection of stories that focus on female subjectivity. It features stories such as: "The Nocturnal Butterflies"; "Shadows in the Shadows"; and, "The Shunammite". Translator(s): Steele, Cynthia. Series: Latin American Women Writers. Num Pages: 130 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259270
- ISBN
- 9780803259270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.81
€ 32.99
€ 29.81
Paperback. While the Reverend Maybold creates a furore among the village's musicians with his decision to abolish the church's traditional 'string choir' and replace it with a modern mechanical organ, the new schoolteacher, Fancy Day, causes an upheaval of a more romantic nature, winning the hearts of 3 men - a local farmer, a church musician and Maybold. Editor(s): Dolin, Tim. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- KKD0002193
- ISBN
- 9780140435535
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95