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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988900
ISBN
9780295988900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.94

Paperback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Editor(s): Zalloua, Zahi. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988917
ISBN
9780295988917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Libris United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870352314
ISBN
9781870352314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Press/Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952672
ISBN
9780241952672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

hardcover. Editor(s): Willemse, Hein. Num Pages: 144 pages, photographs, colour reproductions. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; AGB; DN; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
South Africa: Kwela Books South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795700958
ISBN
9780795700958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.67

Hardcover. A memoir about the magic and inspiration of books from a beloved and best-selling author. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393254815
ISBN
9780393254815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Hardcover. Este libro reune las ultimas investigaciones de los maximos especialistas en este importante autor del siglo XV castellano que cultivo todos los generos literarios. Contains the latest research by the most important scholars of the Castilian author Mosen Diego de Valera. Editor(s): Moya Garcia, Cristina. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 213 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662728
ISBN
9781855662728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Hardback. A facing-page edition of a seventeenth-century mother's advice book, giving insights both into female Protestant religious devotion, authorship and spirituality, and into how women's words were altered in the transmission by male editors. Editor(s): Metcalfe, Jean LeDrew. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802046949
ISBN
9780802046949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism. Num Pages: 238 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137603302
ISBN
9781137603302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Paperback. Through Virginia Woolf's, a feminist and a bohemian, extensive diaries and letters and brilliant detective work, this title chronicles the lives of those forgotten women who worked behind the scenes in Bloomsbury, and their fraught relations with one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. It explores the hidden history of service. Num Pages: 400 pages, integrated b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140254105
ISBN
9780140254105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 188 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810822320
ISBN
9780810822320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.26

Paperback. American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes. This book argues that such novels are in fact psychologically complex and sophisticated works which demand that readers take responsibility for the images of masculinity that they project on to these works. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726914
ISBN
9780814726914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. A resource for students and scholars alike, this volume provides information about Spark's oeuvre while featuring current, theoretically informed interpretations of individual texts. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895548
ISBN
9780801895548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.06

Hardback. A resource for students and scholars alike, this volume provides information about Spark's oeuvre while featuring current, theoretically informed interpretations of individual texts. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895531
ISBN
9780801895531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.11
€ 63.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 487.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931265
ISBN
9780813931265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.09

Paperback. A unique testimony to modern literature's most celebrated and enduring marriage. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334.
Edition
0th Edition
Publisher
Phoenix
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753828786
ISBN
9780753828786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. A wry and beautifully observed memoir about coming of age in the era of conceptual art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 48 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240719
ISBN
9780393240719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140182859
ISBN
9780140182859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Hardcover. "Tidwell and Williams analyze the causal relationships in her interactions with Langston and other family members through the use of psychiatrist Murray Bowen's Family Systems Theory (FST). . . . The editors have grouped the 250 letters chronologically into four sections, each preceded by a brief contextual introduction" -- Editor(s): Tidwell, John Edgar; Williams, Carmaletta M. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820345659
ISBN
9780820345659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.57

Paperback. Hanif Kureishi offers an insight into the birth of a writer - himself - through this memoir that conjures up a family story of how he found his own literary calling from the ashes of his father's failed attempts in the past even as the world turned upside down and India split in two along religious lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
FABER AND FABER
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571224043
ISBN
9780571224043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907650574
ISBN
9781907650574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780940322127
ISBN
9780940322127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. In 1939, as Europe approaches war, the author, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the thirties. There he meets Swami Prabhavananda, a Hindu monk, who will become his spiritual guide for the next thirty-seven years. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HRGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561231
ISBN
9780099561231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. The life story of Isabel Allende - one of the world's favourite writers - is as exotic, passionate and inspiring as one of her novels. Translator(s): Sayers Peden, Margaret. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007163106
ISBN
9780007163106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

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