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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403972781
ISBN
9781403972781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.56

Hardcover. This book offers a significant statement about the contemporary British novel in relation to three authors: Graham Swift, Ian McEwan, and Kazuo Ishiguro. All writing at the forefront of a generation, these authors sought to resuscitate the novel's ethico-political credentials, at a time which did not seem conducive to such a project. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137350190
ISBN
9781137350190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. This text charts the changes in Canada's literary profile since the mid-1990s, within a context of the national rhetoric of multiculturalism. By looking at a range of fictions by women from various ethnocultural backgrounds, it examines the complexities embedded within Canadian identity. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239008
ISBN
9780312239008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Hardback. A collection of ten essays, each devoted to a woman novelist and written by a distinguished scholar. Included in this volume are Sybille Bedford, Anita Brookner, A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Isabel Colegate, Penelope Fitzgerald, Susan Hill, Molly Keane, Muriel Spark and Fay Weldon. Editor(s): Hosmer, Robert E. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333565322
ISBN
9780333565322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Hardcover. Looking at writers such as Will Self, Hani Kureishi, JG Ballard, and Iain Sinclair, Kim Duff's new book examines contemporary British literature and its depiction of the city after the time of Thatcher and mass privatization. This lively study is an important and engaging work for students and scholars alike. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137429346
ISBN
9781137429346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Hardback. By examining the representation of urban space in contemporary British fiction, this book argues that key to the political left's strategy was a model of action which folded politics into culture and elevated disenfranchisement to the status of a political principle. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137393715
ISBN
9781137393715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. This Edinburgh Critical Guide provides an introduction to the major novelists and the main themes in narrative fiction over the last 30 years. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748624201
ISBN
9780748624201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.60

Hardcover. Contemporary Asylum Narratives marks a transition from traditional modes of diasporic belonging to the need for identifications that encompass the statelessness of refugees and asylum seekers. This book explores representations of asylum seekers and refugees in twenty-first century literature, film and theatre. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137299055
ISBN
9781137299055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book looks at the way writers present the effects of trauma in their work. It explores narrative devices, such as 'metafiction', as well as events in contemporary America, including 9/11, the Iraq War, and reactions to the Bush administration. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694075
ISBN
9780748694075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.39

Hardcover. This work gives an overview of trends in American crime fiction. It focuses on the work of popular and award-winning authors since 1985. Attention is given to writers who have re-worked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 493.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333674550
ISBN
9780333674550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. This work gives an overview of trends in American crime fiction. It focuses on the work of popular and award-winning authors since 1985. Attention is given to writers who have re-worked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 323.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333684658
ISBN
9780333684658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.85

Hardback. Makes the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Moody-Turner, Shirley. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006257
ISBN
9780253006257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. Makes the case that diversity, innovation, and canon expansion are essential to maintaining the vitality of African American literary studies Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Moody-Turner, Shirley. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006264
ISBN
9780253006264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. By contrasting Pound's political values with those of Stein and Zukofsky, this study argues that these three different writers share a complex set of attitudes that are grounded in a collective social fantasy corresponding to the rise of mass consumption and the emergence of corporate social forms. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333714515
ISBN
9780333714515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

hardcover. Num Pages: 253 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 13 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFFT; RNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137590619
ISBN
9781137590619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.67

Hardback. Features selections that illustrate the author's literary development from an associative, highly structured early prose to the more chronologically narrated novels. This anthology concludes with an interview in which the author considers the psychology of writing, and the relationship of literature and reality. Editor(s): Ittner, Jutta. Translator(s): Ittner, Jutta. Num Pages: 347 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838757093
ISBN
9780838757093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.30

Paperback. Examines the representation and staging of chance in literature through the work of the French writer Georges Perec. This book explores the ways in which Perec's texts exploit the possibilities of chance, by both tapping into its creative potential and controlling its operation. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810125315
ISBN
9780810125315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.39

paperback. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315476
ISBN
9780822315476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Consequences of Consciousness shows how great Russian authors conversed with each other through their fictions as they explored both the limits and the autonomy of subjective consciousness. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757034
ISBN
9780804757034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.13

Hardcover. This stylistic study of consciousness in the Modernist novel explores shifts across different viewpoints and the techniques through which they are dialogically interconnected. The dialogic resonances in the presentation of character consciousness are analysed using linguistic evidence and evidence drawn from everyday conversational practices. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230525528
ISBN
9780230525528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Yale University Press New Haven, CT
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300104462
ISBN
9780300104462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.00
€ 42.10

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501330742
ISBN
9781501330742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.78

Hardcover. With references to his work appearing everywhere from the New Yorker to The Simpsons, Joseph Conrad remains one of the twentieth century's most widely discussed literary figures. This title analyzes both conrad's early and major works, including "The Nigger of the Narcissus", "Heart of Darkness", "Lord Jim", and "Nostromo". Num Pages: 234 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896726338
ISBN
9780896726338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.30

Hardcover. Conrad's Secrets explores a range of knowledges which would have been familiar to Conrad and his original readers. Drawing on research into trade, policing, sexual and financial scandals, changing theories of trauma and contemporary war-crimes, the book provides contexts for Conrad's fictions and produces original readings of his work. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230507838
ISBN
9780230507838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.40

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