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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. The definitive critical study of Tolkien's greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey. Num Pages: 384 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780261104013
ISBN
9780261104013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Hardback. Series: In Parole. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Contrasto
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788869656392
ISBN
9788869656392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.70

Hardcover. An interdisciplinary discussion of Baldwin by leading writers from several fields Editor(s): Kaplan, Cora; Schwarz, Bill. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472071524
ISBN
9780472071524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Kaplan, Cora; Schwarz, Bill. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472051526
ISBN
9780472051526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.63

Hardback. An annotated bibliography to the criticism of the work of James Fenimore Cooper, regarded as a pioneer in the development of the American social and political novel. The material is divided into broad subject categories and, where appropriate, subdivided by the Cooper work in question. Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; GBCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313279195
ISBN
9780313279195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.09

Hardback. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) invented the key forms of American fiction - the Western, the sea tale, the Revolutionary War romance. This work is the treatment of Cooper's life. It is the story of how, in literature and other endeavours, Americans in his period sought to solidify their political and cultural economic independence from Britain. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300108057
ISBN
9780300108057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 40.37

Paperback. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 120. Series: Scotnotes. 56 pages. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies (AS
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877056
ISBN
9780948877056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.37

Paperback. Long-awaited and comprehensive biography of the great Irish author James Joyce, who died 70 years ago Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 47. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828601
ISBN
9780753828601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. As a young man, James Joyce rejected his country and its religion, but went on to recreate the Dublin of his youth in his fiction. "Ulysses" was initially banned in the US, but has since been recognised as a masterpiece. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 180 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Haus Publishing Limited London
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904341581
ISBN
9781904341581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. An examination of Joyce as one of the greatest modern writers, and a study of his life in relation to his four great books: "Dubliners", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Ulysses" and "Finnegans Wake". Photographs of Joyce, his family and his surroundings cover all phases of his life. Series: Thames & Hudson Literary Lives. Num Pages: 144 pages, 124 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 182 x 9. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500260180
ISBN
9780500260180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.66

Hardback. A highly original exploration of Joyce's engagement with sexual questions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 394. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
SKU
KSG0016013
ISBN
9780521248112
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 36.00

paperback. Explores how Joyce used the philosophers Nicholas Cusanus, Giordano Bruno, and Giambattista Vico as the basis upon which to write Finnegans Wake. Joyce embraces these philosophic companions to lead him through the underworld of history with all its repetitions and resurrections, oppositions and recombinations. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810133310
ISBN
9780810133310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.94

Paperback. Contains eighteen original essays by leading Joyce scholars on the eighteen separate chapters of "Ulysses". This book attempts to explore the richness of Joyce's extraordinary novel. It covers Joyce's habit of using, when writing each chapter in "Ulysses", a particular style, tone, point of view, and narrative structure. Editor(s): Hart, Clive; Hayman, David; Hayman, Denise. Num Pages: 447 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
447
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520032750
ISBN
9780520032750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.47

Hardback. How does recent scholarship on ethnicity and race speak to the Jewish dimension of James Joyce's writing? What light has Joyce himself cast on the complex question of their relationship? This book poses these questions in terms of models of the other drawn from psychoanalytic and cultural studies and from Jewish cultural studies. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732550
ISBN
9780804732550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.56

Hardback. Providing an overview of all of James M. Cain's fiction, including an analysis of the major themes of his entire literary career, the book examines Cain's impact on and importance in 20th-century culture, film in particular. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810881181
ISBN
9780810881181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.83

Hardcover. In this absorbing collection of stories and trivia readers will find answers to the amazing and extraordinary aspects of Austen's life, work and legacy. From her development as a world-class author, secrets of her own life and loves, through insights into her novels and their characters along with the changing reception to them over the years. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Rydon Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910821121
ISBN
9781910821121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Southam, B. C. Series: Casebook S. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Edition
1991st Edition
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333192085
ISBN
9780333192085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.72

Paperback. Twelve essays by distinguished academic Bruce Stovel study Austen in the context of comic novelists. Editor(s): Stovel, Nora Foster. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888645487
ISBN
9780888645487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857283528
ISBN
9780857283528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.75

Paperback. With a new introduction by the authors, this paperback edition of Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture takes the complete body of work of a major novelist as the basis for rethinking ethnographic representation and cross-cultural analysis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847690480
ISBN
9780847690480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.75

Hardback. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 305 pages, 6+ halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843311010
ISBN
9781843311010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.27

Paperback. This work traces the history of film and television adaptations of Jane Austen manuscripts, compares the adaptations to the manuscripts, compares the way different adaptations treat the novels, and analyzes the adaptations as examples of cinematic art. Num Pages: 229 pages, bibliography, filmography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786413492
ISBN
9780786413492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.61

Paperback. Shows how Jane Austen became "Jane Austen". The author begins by exploring the most important monuments and portraits of Austen, then passes through the four critical phases of Austen's reception - the Victorian era, the First and Second World Wars, and the establishment of the Austen House and Museum in 1949. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226155036
ISBN
9780226155036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.01

Hardcover. Jane Austen's lasting appeal to both popular and elite audiences has lifted her to legendary status. This title begins by exploring the most important monuments and portraits of Austen, considering how these artifacts point to an author who is invisible and yet whose image is inseparable from the characters and fictional worlds she created. Num Pages: 224 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462. 224 pages, 35 halftones. Jane Austen's lasting appeal to both popular and elite audiences has lifted her to legendary status. This title begins by exploring the most important monuments and portraits of Austen, considering how these artifacts point to an author who is invisible and yet whose image is inseparable from the characters and fictional worlds she created. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 20. Weight: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226402031
ISBN
9780226402031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.17

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