Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016490
- ISBN
- 9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A penetrating study of the life and writings of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage , by one of America's greatest poets and critics. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411154
- ISBN
- 9780815411154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.16
€ 19.99
€ 19.16
Hardcover. Stephen Crane was a prodigious American author whose bohemian ways seemed to contradict his conscientious upbringing. Drawing on documents by Crane's father, mother and sister, this text shows how their vitality and versatility galvanized Crane's imagination and spurred his literary career. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629016
- ISBN
- 9780815629016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.78
€ 35.78
Hardback. The essential thrust of this book is an examination of the origins and development of the satirical element of Stendal's writing in Italy, which culminates with the creation of what many critics consider to be his finest achievement, the novel La Chartreuse de Parme. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894463
- ISBN
- 9780859894463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.32
€ 137.32
Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 1 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810824447
- ISBN
- 9780810824447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.63
€ 91.63
Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 137 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 137
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810819634
- ISBN
- 9780810819634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.37
€ 107.37
Hardcover. A new critical assessment of the works of the Austrian-Jewish author, in whom there has been a recent resurgence of interest, from the perspective of world literature. Editor(s): Vanwesenbeeck, Birger; Gelber, Mark H. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139245
- ISBN
- 9781571139245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.17
€ 98.17
Paperback. This collection of essays explores the social and cultural aspects of steampunk, examining the various manifestations of this multi-faceted genre, in order to better understand the steampunk sub-culture and its effect on-and interrelationship with-popular culture and the wider society. Editor(s): Taddeo, Professor Julie Anne; Miller, Cynthia J. Num Pages: 360 pages, 48 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AS; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810893153
- ISBN
- 9780810893153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.14
€ 50.14
Hardcover. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947822
- ISBN
- 9781933947822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.33
€ 140.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSK; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444743500
- ISBN
- 9781444743500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Staring at Lakes started out as a book about depression. And then became a story about growing old, the essence of love and marriage - and sitting in cars, staring at lakes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBH; DSK; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473627314
- ISBN
- 9781473627314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 165 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564780225
- ISBN
- 9781564780225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.25
€ 20.99
€ 20.25
Hardcover. Edited and annotated translation of Stanislaw Lem's previously unpublished fifteen-year correspondence with his principal American translator. Translator(s): Swirski, Peter. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGP; BGL; BJ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380178
- ISBN
- 9781781380178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.96
€ 188.96
Hardback. Offering a new approach to narrative theory by arguing that chance is the unrepresentable Other of narrative, this book traces the theme of chance in George Eliot's Middlemarch, Joseph Conrad's Chance, and James Joyce's Ulysses, and relates the novelistic treatment of chance to philosophical and scientific thinking. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721745
- ISBN
- 9780804721745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.92
€ 82.92
Paperback. This autobiography follows Paul Watkins's early life and schooling at the Dragon School, Eton and Yale. Born in 1963, Watkins is the author of "The Promise of Light" and "Night Over Day Over Night", which were both nominated for the Booker Prize. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571171576
- ISBN
- 9780571171576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.78
€ 8.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158572
- ISBN
- 9780231158572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758. 464 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 33. Weight: 758.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158565
- ISBN
- 9780231158565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Paperback. Verlyn Flieger's expanded and updated edition of "Splintered Light", a study of Tolkien's fiction first published in 1983, examines "The Silmarillion" and "The Lord of the Rings" in light of Owen Barfield's linguistic theory of the fragmentation of meaning. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387446
- ISBN
- 9780873387446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.98
€ 24.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040467
- ISBN
- 9780252040467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081927
- ISBN
- 9780252081927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. As seen in fiction, newspaper accounts, and magic shows, the presence of ghosts pervaded the Victorian period. This book examines supernatural encounters in a wide range of Victorian writers including Dickens and Kipling. Cadwallader argues that these fictional spirits reflect how Victorians were adapting to rapid scientific and religious changes. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559920
- ISBN
- 9781137559920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.38
€ 97.38
Paperback. Designed to meet the requirements for students at IGCSE and A level, this guide offers detailed analyses of character, setting and theme; close examination of the novel's plot, structure and narrative techniques; and, key quotations and activities both for the student working alone and in the classroom. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHT; 4KLR; DSK; YQEF; YQZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Education Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571335794
- ISBN
- 9780571335794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 63 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 63
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075088
- ISBN
- 9781906075088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. The book includes general and theoretical chapters and also case-studies of particular texts, as well as a whole chapter devoted to Dickens. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333408728
- ISBN
- 9780333408728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.72
€ 62.72