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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312232818
ISBN
9780312232818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley Laura. Num Pages: 552 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 898.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147413
ISBN
9780691147413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.50

Hardback. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley. Num Pages: 584 pages, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 255 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151984
ISBN
9780691151984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816615155
ISBN
9780816615155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.65

Paperback. Translator(s): Srivastava, Lalit M. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FC; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195696660
ISBN
9780195696660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.35

Paperback. "The Awakening", the story of a woman who defied social and sexual conventions, elicited negative reviews, denying Chopin prominence until the mid-20th century. This study sets her in the context of 19th-century American women writers to show how standards of literary propriety affected her career. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333737897
ISBN
9780333737897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.54

Hardcover. "The Awakening", the story of a woman who defied social and sexual conventions, elicited negative reviews, denying Chopin prominence until the mid-20th century. This study sets her in the context of 19th-century American women writers to show how standards of literary propriety affected her career. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333737880
ISBN
9780333737880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Hardcover. Katherine Anne Porter revealed only scant facts about her life, and often gave conflicting accounts. Here, the author finds that Porter's deceptions were a screen for deep personal turmoil, fuelled by multiple marriages, and babies lost to miscarriage, abortion, and stillbirth. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578067770
ISBN
9781578067770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.97

Paperback. Meyers illuminates the brief and troubled life of the talented British short-story writer, and reveals the inspirations for her frequently-anthologized tales. Num Pages: 344 pages, 29. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815411970
ISBN
9780815411970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.03

Hardcover. Provides fresh reflections on literary influence using Katherine Mansfield as a case study. This title helps in understanding this impetus for artistic production through an examination of authors wide net of literary associations. Editor(s): Harvey, Melinda; Ailwood, Sarah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694419
ISBN
9780748694419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.01
€ 103.24

Hardcover. Katherine Mansfield had a career-long engagement with the literary marketplace from the age of eighteen. This book examines how she developed as a writer within a range of book and periodical publishing contexts, reconsidering her writing's enactment of a commercially viable modern aesthetic in her experimentation with the short story form. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230234796
ISBN
9780230234796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.74

Paperback. Weaving together intimate details from Katherine Mansfield's letters and journals with the writings of her friends and acquaintances, Kathleen Jones creates a captivating drama of this fragile yet feisty author: her life, loves and passion for writing. Num Pages: 528 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 822. The Story-Teller. 528 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. Weaving together intimate details from Katherine Mansfield's letters and journals with the writings of her friends and acquaintances, Kathleen Jones creates a captivating drama of this fragile yet feisty author: her life, loves and passion for writing. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight: 822.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748650651
ISBN
9780748650651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. The first biography of Katherine Mansfield for a quarter of a century and the first to take advantage of the complete transcriptions of the diaries and letters of both Katherine Mansfield and her editor husband John Middleton Murry. Num Pages: 528 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 954.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643547
ISBN
9780748643547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Tells the story of author's parents - their meeting in 1895, marriage in 1903 after his father had returned from the Boer War, and his father's death in an assault on Ypres in 1915, which left his mother a widow until her own death in 1960. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561194
ISBN
9780099561194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. A biography of Nikos Kazantzakis. It describes his struggle with political questions that were in reality aspects of a fervent religious search. It features his experiments with communism in turbulent Greece, his visits to Soviet Russia, and the publication of his epic "Odyssey" in 1938. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128801
ISBN
9780691128801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.76

Hardback. Putting Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis's (1883-1957) vast output into the context of his lifelong spiritual quest and the turbulent politics of twentieth-century Greece, this title argues that Kazantzakis was a deeply flawed genius. It covers his life after 1938, the period in which he wrote "Zorba the Greek" and "The Last Temptation of Christ". Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 2AHM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 999.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
640
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128139
ISBN
9780691128139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.12
€ 77.47

Paperback. Offers a biographical survey of Ishiguro's literary career, an introduction to his novels, plays and short stories, as well as an accessible overview of the contexts and many interpretations of his work. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415415361
ISBN
9780415415361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.45

Paperback. This edited collection of new and insightful critical essays brings together a wide range of academics whose work stages a forum exploring the key aspects of Kazuo Ishiguro's novels. Featuring an interview with Ishiguro, this groundbreaking book is ideal for anyone studying the work of this major contemporary author. Editor(s): Groes, Sebastian; Lewis, Barry. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230232389
ISBN
9780230232389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.46

Hardcover. In his ever-popular romance of Tudor England, Scott brilliantly recreates all the passion, brutality, verve and vitality of the Elizabethan world. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 542 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 34. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
542
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604371
ISBN
9780748604371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.96
€ 109.07

Hardcover. Based on original archival research and dozens of interviews, Kerouac is a fresh, compelling, and substantive critical reassessment of Kerouac's brief and often chaotic life. Num Pages: 484 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878333059
ISBN
9780878333059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.25

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