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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardcover. These essays explore the impartial critical outlook American writers acquired through their experiences in Europe since 1850. Collectively, contributors reveal how the American writer's intuitive sense of freedom, coupled with their feeling of liberation from European influences, led to intellectual independence in the literary works they produced. Editor(s): Asya, Ferda. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137340016
ISBN
9781137340016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133363
ISBN
9780874133363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.35

Hardcover. This book shows just how closely late nineteenth-century American women's ghost stories engaged with objects such as photographs, mourning paraphernalia, wallpaper and humble domestic furniture. Featuring uncanny tales from the big city to the small town and the empty prairie, it offers a new perspective on an old genre. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137323972
ISBN
9781137323972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.52

Hardback. Presenting a unique three-dimensional approach to American traditional and contemporary sea literature, Yamashiro shows America's craving for the oceanic using science, literature, and history. Num Pages: 125 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137465665
ISBN
9781137465665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Hardback. Through a close-reading of the work of five prominent American postmodernist writers, this book re-evaluates the role of the past in recent American fiction, outlines the development of the postmodernist historical novel and considers the waning influence of postmodernism in contemporary American literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298347
ISBN
9780230298347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardback. This book attempts to address the paradoxes inherent in international modernism (a literary movement which at once strove to cross borders of nation, language, and tradition yet which at the same time often endorsed nationalist and 'racial' models of identity. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625260
ISBN
9780748625260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91
€ 114.65

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571133717
ISBN
9781571133717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.48

Paperback. This criticism on American horror fiction 1798-1983 offers critical and theoretical perspectives. Each essay deals with a major figure in the genre from Gothic to modern feminist reworkings and aims to illustrate the fact that modern theory can usefully be applied to any text or genre. Editor(s): Docherty, Brian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSK; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333461297
ISBN
9780333461297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

Paperback. Along the way, he touches upon a wide range of topics that fascinated people of the day, including the journey to the source of the Nile and ideas about the origin of language. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421421155
ISBN
9781421421155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.13
€ 47.68

Paperback. An exploration of the relationship between US political and social thought and literary consciousness in the early post-war years in which the author analyzes the efforts by writers to reshape their "old" liberalism into a "new" sceptical liberalism that recognized the persistence of human evil. Series: History of American Thought & Culture S. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JPFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004273
ISBN
9780299128449
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 235 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 437.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319301075
ISBN
9783319301075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.38

Hardcover. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644612
ISBN
9780748644612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Paperback. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. 160 pages. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight: 210. Series Editor(s) :Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644605
ISBN
9780748644605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Gooch examines the American legal system, banks, labor; American policy toward Native Americans and blacks; he includes a condemnation of New York City government and its electoral process, among other topics. Num Pages: 237 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215942
ISBN
9780823215942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.99

Hardback. Altrive Tales was carefully prepared by Hogg in 1832 as the opening volume in a planned twelve-volume collected prose fiction series, intended as the culmination of his career as a storyteller. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618934
ISBN
9780748618934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 109.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Merla-Watson, Cathryn Josefina; Olguin, B. V. Num Pages: 380 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBH; DSK; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780895511638
ISBN
9780895511638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.44

Paperback. The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Eldred Durosimi. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011183
ISBN
9781847011183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Hardback. Imagined or actual returns to a "homeland" in African literature are examined in relation to changing concepts of identity, belonging, migration and space. Editor(s): Emenyonu, Ernest N.; Cousins, Dr Helen; Dodgson-Katiyo, Pauline. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011480
ISBN
9781847011480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635842
ISBN
9780691635842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.74

Paperback. Features various entries that illuminate Jane Austen's world. This book offers alphabetically arranged entries providing historical details on the form and function of everyday and obscure objects that are mentioned in her novels. It also includes a selection of illustrations accompanying the entries that help bring her fiction to life. Series: All Things. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
abridged ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846450525
ISBN
9781846450525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.05

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