Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. An analysis of J. K. Rowling's work from a broad range of perspectives within literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. It explores the Harry Potter series' literary ancestors and the moral and ethical dimensions of Harry's world, including objections to the series raised within some religious circles. Editor(s): Whited, Lana A. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826215499
- ISBN
- 9780826215499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.71
€ 48.71
Hardback. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, this book presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- F First Edition, 1st Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153384
- ISBN
- 9780691153384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. The Irish Novel 1960-2010 is the first book to study how the novel has been involved in discussing the seeds of change and the response to change as it evolved. The result is a wide-ranging survey, accessible and rewarding for both the student and the general public. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050582
- ISBN
- 9781782050582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Hardcover. An original, insightful and accessible critical account of thirty representative nineteenth-century Irish novels, The Irish Novel 1800-1910 will inform and stimulate the specialist and the general reader. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782051251
- ISBN
- 9781782051251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Hardback. Looks at a number of authors who started writing in Iraq in or around the 1950s to explore a pivotal moment in Iraqi novel writing. This monograph on Iraqi fiction focuses on Gha'ib Tu'ma Farman (1927-1990), Mahdi Isa al-Saqr (1927-2006) and Fu'ad al-Takarli (1927-2008), and a selection of works by Dhu al-Nun Ayyub and Abd al-Malik Nuri. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSR; 3JJPG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641413
- ISBN
- 9780748641413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.95€ 96.10
€ 111.95
€ 96.10
Paperback. Widely debated in feminist, poststructuralist, and literary theory is the relationship between subjectivity and the body. This book states that yet, autobiographical criticism - an obvious place for testing this conceptual relationship - has lagged behind queries about the embodied self. It analyzes the genre of terminal illness autobiographies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; DSK; VFJB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926650
- ISBN
- 9780813926650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.08
€ 33.08
Hardcover. Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis death, The Intellectual World of C.S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister McGrath offering a fresh approach to understanding the key themes at the centre of Lewis theological work and intellectual development. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470672808
- ISBN
- 9780470672808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.50
€ 89.50
Paperback. Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis' death, The Intellectual World of C.S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister McGrath offering a fresh approach to understanding the key themes at the centre of Lewis' theological work and intellectual development. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470672792
- ISBN
- 9780470672792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.07
€ 30.07
paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816647866
- ISBN
- 9780816647866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647859
- ISBN
- 9780816647859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Hardcover. Argues that the sublime is important in understanding the late 19th-century shift from romanticism to modernism. The author studies the work of three French authors conventionally considered pivotal figures in the trajectory from romanticism to modernism: Hugo, Baudelaire and Lautreamont. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5563 x 3633 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780804717861
- ISBN
- 9780804717861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.04
€ 87.04
The Immigrant Experience in American Fiction: An Annotated Bibliograph...
Kanoza, Theresa; Simone, Roberta
hardcover. Over 600 descriptive citations. Comprehensive coverage from the late 19th century through the first half of 1994 of adult and young adult novels, collections of stories, anthologies, and secondary sources. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810829626
- ISBN
- 9780810829626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.68
€ 146.68
Paperback. Presents a portrait of the writers and wrestlers who played a mentor role in John Irving's development as a novelist, a wrestler and a wrestling coach. This book also gives a picture of a father's dedication to his children. It also details the interrelationship of the disciplines of writing and wrestling. Num Pages: 160 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552996808
- ISBN
- 9780552996808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408. 276pp
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- SKU
- KHS1004109
- ISBN
- 9780299150648
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Paperback. Editor(s): Myers, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 688 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536399
- ISBN
- 9780199536399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. Explores apparently inconsequential objects in popular Victorian texts to make contact with their fugitive meanings. Developing an innovative approach to analyzing nineteenth-century fiction, this title reconnects the things readers unwittingly ignore to the stories they tell. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261638
- ISBN
- 9780226261638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.52
€ 34.99
€ 27.52
Hardcover. Explores apparently inconsequential objects in popular Victorian texts to make contact with their fugitive meanings. Developing an innovative approach to analyzing nineteenth-century fiction, this title reconnects the things readers unwittingly ignore to the stories they tell. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 55 x 85 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261553
- ISBN
- 9780226261553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.03€ 45.64
€ 53.03
€ 45.64
Paperback. A philosophical exploration of Suzanne Collins's New York Times bestselling series, just in time for the release of The Hunger Games movie Katniss Everdeen is "the girl who was on fire," but she is also the girl who made us think, dream, question authority, and rebel. Editor(s): Michaud, Nicolas; Dunn, George A. Series Editor(s): Irwin, William. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118065075
- ISBN
- 9781118065075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.44
€ 22.44
Paperback. A complete translation of the cycle of ten novellas that Lou Andreas-Salome wrote between 1895 and 1898. This collection contributes to the rediscovery of Andreas-Salome's significance as a thinker and writer, above all with regard to her literary contribution to modern feminism and the principles of women's emancipation. Translator(s): Whitinger, Raleigh. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803259522
- ISBN
- 9780803259522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Bell, Michael Davitt. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539123
- ISBN
- 9780199539123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.78
€ 11.99
€ 10.78