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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. An overview of the Swahili novel, its place in a globalized world and a reflection on the status and dynamism of Kafka's concept of 'minor literature'. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2HCBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010797
- ISBN
- 9781847010797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333300923
- ISBN
- 9780333300923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Paperback. Presents an avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literature, art, drama and philosophy, and also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286899
- ISBN
- 9780099286899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. Utilizing a wide range of theoretical and creative texts, Phillips offers an examination of subjectivity as considered, enacted, and embodied, through the frame of minimalist aesthetics. Provocatively, he makes the claim that lived experience is capable of being refined according to the paradoxically rich parameters of a minimalist aesthetic. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACXJ4; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343369
- ISBN
- 9781137343369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470666
- ISBN
- 9781611470666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.13
€ 127.13
Hardback. This work considers a recurrent figure in American literature: the solitary white man moving through urban space. It looks to the tough guy in the works of hardboiled novelists Raymond Chandler ("The Big Sleep") and James M. Cain ("Double Indemnity") and their popular film noir adaptations. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; APF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312294816
- ISBN
- 9780312294816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.99
€ 138.99
Paperback. Offers a narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. This title provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691014944
- ISBN
- 9780691014944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. Translator(s): Kang, Minsoo. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2GK; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143107699
- ISBN
- 9780143107699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. First English translation of the final work of Theodor Fontane, one of Germany's most significant novelists. Translator(s): Zwiebel, William L. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135735
- ISBN
- 9781571135735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.56
€ 44.99
€ 42.56
Hardback. The State of the Novel offers a lively yet rigorous investigation into the present state of the contemporary novel--in Britain and beyond--and some speculation about its future. Against the backdrop of globalization, Dominic Head establishes the interests shared by contemporary theorists, cultural commentators, and consumers of novels. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405170116
- ISBN
- 9781405170116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.93
€ 99.93
Paperback. The State of the Novel offers a lively yet rigorous investigation into the present state of the contemporary novel--in Britain and beyond--and some speculation about its future. Against the backdrop of globalization, Dominic Head establishes the interests shared by contemporary theorists, cultural commentators, and consumers of novels. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405170109
- ISBN
- 9781405170109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.18
€ 44.18
Hardback. The first edition of The Spy since its original publication in 1810-11 includes early versions of some of Hogg's best-known poetry and prose besides a wealth of fascinating and lesser-known material. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 712 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614172
- ISBN
- 9780748614172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.47€ 159.25
€ 166.47
€ 159.25
Paperback. What her life, literature and letters tell us about Jane Austen's faith Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGX; DSK; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745968605
- ISBN
- 9780745968605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. YORK NOTES ADVANCED - THE ULTIMATE LITERATURE GUIDES. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405835640
- ISBN
- 9781405835640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Hardcover. What does it mean to live as a ghost? Exploring spectrality as a metaphor in the contemporary British and American cultural imagination, Peeren proposes that certain subjects - migrants, servants, mediums and missing persons - are perceived as living ghosts and examines how this figuration can signify both dispossession and empowerment or agency. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137375841
- ISBN
- 9781137375841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. 'This is the most gripping book I've read in ages .. It is beautifully written, fascinating, disturbing and often very funny.' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007148110
- ISBN
- 9780007148110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Explores the evolution of the socialist realist novel as a myth-like genre. Combining intellectual and literary history, this work traces the development of the novel's master plot from its origins in the mid-19th century to its end at the close of the 20th. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213679
- ISBN
- 9780253213679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.56
€ 26.56
Hardback. This text is an analysis of the aspects of sound in James Joyce's book "Finnegans Wake". It considers phonetic symbolism, rhythm, pitch-contours, motifs and songs in a way which shows how Joyce's work has a genuinely musical layer that is particularly apparent when the book is read aloud. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; CFH; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333553398
- ISBN
- 9780333553398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Paperback. "A man is the sum of his misfortunes." -William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury Editor(s): Gorra, Michael. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 544 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSK; FC; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393912692
- ISBN
- 9780393912692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26
Paperback. Offers a detailed biography and a comprehensive appraisal of the literary achievement of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel prize-winning author who became one of the Soviet regime's most formidable foes. This book contains essays on a large number of Solzhenitsyn's writings. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933859583
- ISBN
- 9781933859583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.67
€ 24.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. This collection of essays examines the linguistic and rhetorical features of Homer's work. Arguing that there can be no purely historical interpretation, Pucci focuses on two features of Homer's rhetoric - repetition of expression and its effects on meaning, and the issue of intertexuality. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CFG; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822630593
- ISBN
- 9780822630593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
The Song of Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien´s Themes, Symbols and Myth...
Distinguished Profess David Harvey
Paperback. Available for the first time in paperback, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a significant role in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Num Pages: 192 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008184810
- ISBN
- 9780008184810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Presents the theoretical foundations of the study of prefaces and the corpus of the 19th-century Canadian novel prefaces. The book also examines the typology of Canadian novel prefaces, and gives an analysis of the systematic dimensions of the preface typologies and of the systematic data. Series: Konzeption Empirische Literaturwissenschaft. Num Pages: 191 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783528073350
- ISBN
- 9783528073350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226424309
- ISBN
- 9780226424309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.17
€ 32.99
€ 26.17