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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. Romance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. This title considers the literary and historical development of the romance genre from its classical origins to the present day. It incorporates discussion of the changing readership of romance and of romance's special relation to women readers. Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 584 pages, 13. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 186 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232711
- ISBN
- 9780631232711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.88
€ 215.88
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662179
- ISBN
- 9781855662179
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01
This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years. Editor(s): Messent, Peter; Budd, Louis. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1165.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405123792
- ISBN
- 9781405123792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 273.48
€ 273.48
Hardcover. Series: The Dickens Companions. Num Pages: 576 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Helm Information Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873403853
- ISBN
- 9781873403853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.84
€ 168.84
This collection offers students and scholars of Eliot s work a timely critical reappraisal of her corpus, including her poetry and non-fiction, reflecting the latest developments in literary criticism. Editor(s): Anderson, Amanda; Shaw, Harry E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655993
- ISBN
- 9780470655993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.34
€ 236.34
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662520
- ISBN
- 9781855662520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Paperback. A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. * An exceptionally broad-ranging Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century. Editor(s): Lamb, Robert Paul; Thompson, G. R. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 108 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195539
- ISBN
- 9781405195539
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Condition: New
€ 74.96
€ 74.96
Hardcover. A Companion to American Fiction 1780--1865 presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. Editor(s): Samuels, Shirley. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234227
- ISBN
- 9780631234227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.88
€ 215.88
Hardback. This book focuses on the imaginary construction and deconstruction of human communities in modern and contemporary fiction. Drawing on recent theoretical debate on the notion of community (Nancy, Blanchot, Badiou, Esposito), this collection examines narratives by Joyce, Mansfield, Davies, Naipaul, DeLillo, Atwood and others. Editor(s): Salvan, Paula Martin; Rodriguez-Salas, Gerardo; Heffernan, Julian Jimenez. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282835
- ISBN
- 9781137282835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Drawing from recent research that seeks to expand our understanding of modernism, this volume offers practical pedagogical approaches for teaching modernist literature and culture in the twenty-first century classroom. Editor(s): Hinnov, Emily M.; Rosenblum, Lauren; Harris, Laurel. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274908
- ISBN
- 9781137274908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838753781
- ISBN
- 9780838753781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.37
€ 120.37
Paperback. The author reads four 18th-century satiric novels-Joseph Andrews, A Sentimental Journey, Humphrey Clinker, and Cecilia -"from below," exploring how the gentle authors' experiences of the poor shape the novels both thematically and formally. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- [ ed.
- SKU
- V9780804741897
- ISBN
- 9780804741897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. The author reads four 18th-century satiric novels-Joseph Andrews, A Sentimental Journey, Humphrey Clinker, and Cecilia -"from below," exploring how the gentle authors' experiences of the poor shape the novels both thematically and formally. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729086
- ISBN
- 9780804729086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.14
€ 145.14
Hardcover. This volume offers detailed accounts of the cults of individual writers and a comparative perspective on the spread of centenary fever across Europe. It offers a fascinating insight into the interaction between literature and cultural memory, and the entanglement between local, national and European identities at the highpoint of nation-building. Editor(s): Leerssen, Joep; Rigney, Ann. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412133
- ISBN
- 9781137412133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497360
- ISBN
- 9780801497360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Coming of Age under Martial Law (Rochester Studies in East and Central...
Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova
Hardcover. Examines a selection of post-1989 coming-of-age novels authored by the generation of Polish writers whose transition from adolescence to adulthood coincided with Poland's transition from communism to liberal democracy. Series: Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465281
- ISBN
- 9781580465281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the 'coming-of-age' novel. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621743
- ISBN
- 9780748621743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.28
€ 37.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the 'coming-of-age' novel. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621736
- ISBN
- 9780748621736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.63€ 142.16
€ 148.63
€ 142.16
Paperback. Explores the comic in the work of three North American writers. Pughe concentrates mainly on their texts: Robert Coover's "A Night at the Movies" and "The Public Burning"; Stanley Elkin's "The Dick Gibson Show", "The Franchiser" and "The Magic Kingdom"; and Philip Roth's Zuckerman series. Series: International Cooper Series in English Language & Literature. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764350239
- ISBN
- 9783764350239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. This resource provides information on a popular literary genre - the 20th century American short story. It contains articles on stories that share a particular theme, and over 100 pieces on individual writers and their work. There are also articles on promising new writers entering the scene. Editor(s): Gelfant, Blanche H. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 952
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110990
- ISBN
- 9780231110990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardcover. The intertext is the effective presence of a text in another one. This relation of co-presence between texts is the subject of the present essay. Colum McCann's work is studied here as a mosaic of references to and quotations from other texts. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782052241
- ISBN
- 9781782052241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. 'York Notes for GCSE' offer an approach to English Literature that aims to help readers achieve a better grade. This series has been completely updated to reflect the needs of today's students. The new editions have detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Pearson York Notes
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582784345
- ISBN
- 9780582784345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
hardcover. Investigates how French Romanticism was shaped by and contributed to colonial discourses of race. This title studies the ways in which metropolitan Romantic novels comprehend and construct colonized peoples, fashion French identity in the context of colonialism, and record the encounter between Europeans and non-Europeans. Series: Routledge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415994675
- ISBN
- 9780415994675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92
Hardcover. The vision of the South American rainforest in the Spanish American novela de la selva has often been interpreted as a belated imitation of European travel literature. This book explores how writers throughout post-independence Latin America turned to the jungle as a locus for the contestation of both national and literary identity. Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781846311956
- ISBN
- 9781846311956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.68
€ 142.68