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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardcover. A volume of critical essays by the author of "Orpheus in the Bronx". Editor(s): Philen, Robert. Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472070978
ISBN
9780472070978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.46

Paperback. * Revised and expanded edition with a new introduction and postscript, published to coincide with Elaine Showalter's new hardback, A JURY OF HER PEERS Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084968
ISBN
9781844084968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Hardcover. A collection of George Orwell's correspondence. It provides an eloquent narrative of Orwell's life, from his schooldays to his final illness. It affords a view of his thoughts on matters both personal, political and much in between, from poltergeists, to girls' school songs and the art of playing croquet. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Number of pages
560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846553554
ISBN
9781846553554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.06

Paperback. A collection of 850 letters of the author to friends, family, his editor and a diverse circle of well-known and influential public figures. It opens with letters that were written during the author's early years in California, and closing with and unfinished 1968 note written in Sag Harbor, New York. Editor(s): Steinbeck, Elaine; Wallsten, Robert. Num Pages: 928 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 55. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186290
ISBN
9780141186290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.74

Paperback. A Level English Text Guide - The Great Gatsby Editor(s): CGP Books. Num Pages: 75 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP)
Number of pages
75
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847626684
ISBN
9781847626684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.73

Hardback. Against the background of Montrose's campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott's most memorable creations - Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 270 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605729
ISBN
9780748605729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.05
€ 114.32

Paperback. Republication of the pioneering classic study of modern Chinese fiction. Num Pages: 776 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253213112
ISBN
9780253213112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.28

Hardcover. This pioneering, classic study of 20th-century Chinese fiction covers some sixty years, from the Literary Revolution of 1917 through the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1111.
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629966614
ISBN
9789629966614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.30

Paperback. This study examines the roots of the distinctive form of writing known as journalism - whether called literary journalism or creative non-fiction - and argues that within America it can be traced at least as far back as the late-19th century. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW3; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558492523
ISBN
9781558492523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Hardback. A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470482
ISBN
9781611470482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.33

Paperback. The celebrated Peruvian novelist, Mario Vargas Llosa, gives an account of his ultimately unsuccessful attempt to run his country, and of his childhood and career. Translator(s): Lane, Helen R. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 2ADS; BGHA; DSBH; DSK; FA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 369.
Publisher
FABER AND FABER
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571175123
ISBN
9780571175123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Paperback. Beginning with Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), this study positions feminine genres such as the Gothic romance and Bluestocking poetry, usually seen as outliers in a masculine Age of Reason, as essential to understanding emotion's role in Enlightenment narratives of progress. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474423151
ISBN
9781474423151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

Hardcover. The impact of absent fathers on sons in the black community has been a subject for cultural critics and sociologists who often deal in anonymous data. This book examines the impact of fatherlessness on racial and gender identity formation as seen in black men's autobiographies and in other constructions of black fatherhood in fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826218216
ISBN
9780826218216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.53

Paperback. This comprehensive Companion to William Faulkner reflects the current dynamic state of Faulkner studies. * Explores the contexts, criticism, genres and interpretations of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, arguably the greatest American novelist. * Comprises original essays written by leading scholars. Editor(s): Moreland, Richard C. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 830.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119045403
ISBN
9781119045403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.83

Paperback. A fresh and extensive look at the works of the great Austrian novelist in the context of the German and Austrian culture of his time. Editor(s): Payne, Philip; Bartram, Graham; Tihanov, Galin. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 720. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 474 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Payne, Philip; Bartram, Graham; Tihanov, Galin. A fresh and extensive look at the works of the great Austrian novelist in the context of the German and Austrian culture of his time. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 28. Weight: 730.
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
474
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134530
ISBN
9781571134530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.75

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
boye6
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134189
ISBN
9781571134189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.28

Hardcover. A Companion to the Brontes brings the latest literary research and theory to bear on the life, work, and legacy of the Bronte family. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118404942
ISBN
9781118404942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.75

Hardback. A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story chronicles the development of this important literary form in Britain and Ireland from 1880 to the present. Part 1 covers the years up to 1945 and examines the short fiction that emerged around such themes as imperial adventures, responses to war, and detective and crime stories. Editor(s): Malcolm, David; Malcolm, Cheryl Alexander. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405145374
ISBN
9781405145374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.23

Hardcover. A Companion to the American Short Story traces the development of this versatile literary genre over the past two centuries. Written by leading critics in the field, it explores a wide range of writers, from Edgar Allen Poe and Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, and Charles Chesnutt at the end of the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Bendixen, Alfred; Nagel, James. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
536
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405115438
ISBN
9781405115438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.34

Hardcover. A comprehensive study of the Mexican writer considered one of the finest novelists and short-story writers in 20th-century Latin America. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855663077
ISBN
9781855663077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.34

Paperback. James Joyce, an iconic figure within Irish, British, European and American cultures, is growing in importance in more widely global cultural contexts as well. Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and, above all, Ulysses hold an unassailable place within the canon of twentieth-century modernist literature. Editor(s): Brown, Richard. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470657966
ISBN
9780470657966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.58

Paperback. * * This comprehensive resource demonstrates the relevance of Melville's works in the twenty-first century. * Presents 35 original essays by scholars from around the world, representing a range of different approaches to Melville. Editor(s): Kelley, Wyn. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 616 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 244 x 30. Weight in Grams: 958.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119045274
ISBN
9781119045274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.38

paperback. Written by some of the best-known and distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative text provides the most up-to-date scholarship on his writings available today. Read together, the chapters of this Companion map the direction of contemporary James studies. Editor(s): Zacharias, Greg W. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Publication date
2014
SKU
V9781118492345
ISBN
9781118492345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Paperback. This edited volume of fourteen specially commissioned essays written from a variety of critical perspectives by leading Cervantine scholars seeks to provide an overview of Cervantes's Novelas ejemplares which will be of interest to a broad academic readership. Editor(s): Boyd, Stephen. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. 336 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Boyd, Stephen. This edited volume of fourteen specially commissioned essays written from a variety of critical perspectives by leading Cervantine scholars seeks to provide an overview of Cervantes's Novelas ejemplares which will be of interest to a broad academic readership. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight: 486.
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662070
ISBN
9781855662070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.77

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