Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. The legacy of antifascist partisan, Auschwitz survivor, and author Primo Levi continues to drive exciting interdisciplinary scholarship. The contributions to this intellectually rich, tightly organized volume - from many of the world's foremost Levi scholars - show a remarkable breadth across fields as varied as ethics, memory, and media studies. Editor(s): Vuohelainen, Minna; Chapman, Arthur. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137442338
- ISBN
- 9781137442338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813570372
- ISBN
- 9780813570372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. This collection brings together essays by authorities in the field on nine contemporary Arab women novelists from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine. The works focus on texts available in English translations and explore topics such as the relationship of the authors' texts to societal change. Editor(s): Majaj, Lisa Suhair; Sunderman, Paula; Saliba, Therese. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DN; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629764
- ISBN
- 9780815629764
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Condition: New
€ 27.45
€ 27.45
Hardback. A thorough examination of the manner in which three of the most unsettling modern writers-Aragon, Sartre, and Barthes-affirm their personal rebellion followed by Kristeva's own ideas on the future of rebellion. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTV; JFC; JMAF; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114141
- ISBN
- 9780231114141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.32
€ 135.32
Paperback. A thorough examination of the manner in which three of the most unsettling modern writers-Aragon, Sartre, and Barthes-affirm their personal rebellion followed by Kristeva's own ideas on the future of rebellion. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTV; JFC; JMAF; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114158
- ISBN
- 9780231114158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardcover. Explores "Chronicles of Narnia", offering a look at the stories themselves and also focusing on the intellect and imagination of the man behind the Wardrobe. This title presents each Narnia book as its own little wardrobe - each tale an opportunity to discover a visionary world of vitality, beauty, and clarity. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787978907
- ISBN
- 9780787978907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. A critical study of the work of contemporary American novelist Don DeLillo, which includes the comments of rock critics, syndicated columnists and scholars of American literature. It contains an expanded "Rolling Stone" interview with the author and extracts from his novels. Editor(s): Lentricchia, Frank. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822311447
- ISBN
- 9780822311447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 492 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 842. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight: 842.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 492
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605903
- ISBN
- 9780748605903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.91€ 114.65
€ 124.91
€ 114.65
Paperback. armed services agencies and organizations. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTM; JWF; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863400
- ISBN
- 9780801863400
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.23
€ 25.99
€ 22.23
Hardback. Working at the interface of historical and fictional writing, the author considers the history of India from the Revolt of 1857 to the Emergency of 1975 as it is presented in the works of 20th-century novelists, both Indian and British. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333563632
- ISBN
- 9780333563632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Paperback. A critical history of modern Irish literature. Kiberd develops his story through subtle readings of such writers as Joyce, O'Casey, Beckett and Bowen. Giving a controversial interpretation of post-colonial Ireland, he then surveys more recent works, from Brian Friel to the younger Dublin writers. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2CSJ; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 48. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099582212
- ISBN
- 9780099582212
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
This book brings to light the first Jewish fiction in French and reveals how the first generation of Jews born as French citizens used fiction as a laboratory for experimenting with modern forms of Jewish identity. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763844
- ISBN
- 9780804763844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403920515
- ISBN
- 9781403920515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613733325
- ISBN
- 9781613733325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.18
€ 27.99
€ 23.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Mosaic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889629929
- ISBN
- 9780889629929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.77
€ 19.99
€ 18.77
Paperback. Contains character, book, painting and place indices. This work is a database of Anthony Powell's imagination and England's cultural landscape. It details over four hundred characters and one million words of Powell's fifty-year dance of fiction and fact. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099484363
- ISBN
- 9780099484363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Hardcover. Investigates how the Irish cultural debate informed O'Nolan's early fiction and journalism. This work offers an assessment of his work in its Irish context, arguing that his self-reflexive comic writing betrays a crisis of literary identity that is rooted in the cultural dynamics of post-Independence Ireland. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184424
- ISBN
- 9781859184424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Hardback. Although Irene Nemirovsky was Jewish, she frequented authors and politicians on the extreme right. This biography analyzes the discrepancy between Nemirovsky's real and imagined identities, and explores a literary work that revisits in a different way Jewish identity, exile, betrayal, and the solidarity of persecuted people. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804754811
- ISBN
- 9780804754811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.00
€ 35.99
€ 35.00
Hardback. This book is an eclectic mix of essays that reposition Murdoch's work in relation to current debates in philosophy, theology, literature, gender and sexuality, and authorship. The essays refine, develop or contest previous readings, and blur the distinction between liberal humanist and theoretical positions, suggesting negotiations between them. Editor(s): Rowe, Anne. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230003446
- ISBN
- 9780230003446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Hardcover. Iris Murdoch: A Writer at War is a fascinating private memoir of one of the great women writers and thinkers of the 20th century and a remarkable historical document of life behind the scenes during the Second World War. Num Pages: 303 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; BJ; DSK; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition - Later Print Run
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906021221
- ISBN
- 9781906021221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69