Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. This work explores the interweaving of the child-hero and the fortunes of a nation, as these are portrayed in a wide selection of novels and national narratives in the French and English traditions. Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002630
- ISBN
- 9780674002630
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.61
€ 23.99
€ 20.61
Paperback. Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through history first as a man, then as a woman. At its heart is the figure of Woolf's friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West, and Knole, the historic home of the Sackvilles. Orlando mocks the conventions of biography and history and wryly examines sexual double standards. Editor(s): Whitworth, Michael H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199650736
- ISBN
- 9780199650736
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Hardback. Investigates the fiction and poetry of four writers who emerged from the postslavery plantation world of the Americas - William Faulkner, Edouard Glissant, Toni Morrison, and Saint-John Perse - to show how these descendants from slaves and from slaveholders wrote both in relation and in resistance to the violence of plantation slavery. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926407
- ISBN
- 9780813926407
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Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Paperback. George Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Including interviews with friends and people who knew him in his years of obscurity, this book offers a human portrait of the writer too often embalmed as a secular saint. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283461
- ISBN
- 9780099283461
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
hardcover. This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text of Historical Criticism (1879). The notebook illuminates Wilde's practices of research and composition, contains the unused materials Wilde studied, and shows his wit and imagination at work. Editor(s): Smith, Philip E. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688012
- ISBN
- 9780199688012
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Condition: New
€ 183.17
€ 183.17
Paperback. Our Conrad is a literary and cultural history, political in emphasis, of the modern American invention of Joseph Conrad as a "master" literary figure as well as a call to transnationalize the field of American literary and cultural studies. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804783132
- ISBN
- 9780804783132
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.72
€ 43.99
€ 38.72
Paperback. An autobiography which presents a story that revolves around the author's mother. It offers an account of living with hardship and poverty as seen through the eyes of a sensitive child and woman. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 109 x 25. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552140935
- ISBN
- 9780552140935
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. "Our Lady of Victorian Feminism" is about three 19th-century women, Protestants by background and feminists by conviction, who are curiously and crucially linked by their extensive use of the Madonna in arguments designed to empower women. Num Pages: 315 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 585. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821413623
- ISBN
- 9780821413623
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847686988
- ISBN
- 9780847686988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.22
€ 65.22
Hardback. The writer Nakagami Kenji (1946-1992) rose to fame in the mid-1970s for his vivid stories about a clan scarred by violence and poverty on the underside of the Japanese economy. This book is a study of Nakagami's life and oeuvre delving into the writer's literary world, exploring the genres, forms, and themes with which Nakagami worked. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674026032
- ISBN
- 9780674026032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.93
€ 45.99
€ 37.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324. September 11 and the Novel. 202 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 15. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149372
- ISBN
- 9780231149372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Hardback. Volume Nine of The Oxford History of the Novel in English provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the 'world novel' in English. Editor(s): Crane, Ralph; Stafford, Jane; Williams, Mark. Series: Oxford History of the Novel in English. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199609932
- ISBN
- 9780199609932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 226.73
€ 226.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198398967
- ISBN
- 9780198398967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.35
€ 15.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091796341
- ISBN
- 9780091796341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.80
€ 14.80
Paperback. A collection of sixteen retrospectives which include interviews with some of America's greatest writers as well short literary works and an assortment of their personal photographs spanning several decades of their lives. Editor(s): McElroy, Colleen J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985183
- ISBN
- 9780295985183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.03
€ 40.03
Paperback. When Elfrise Swanston meets Stephen Smith, she is attracted to his handsome face and the sense of mystery which surrounds him. But, societal pressures, and the advent of the superior Henry Knight, eventually displace her affections. But, Knight proves to be an uncompromising moralist. This book is about the struggle between classes and sexes. Editor(s): Dalziel, Pamela. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435290
- ISBN
- 9780140435290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
hardcover. "The Well of Loneliness" - the Radclyffe Hall novel at times referred to as 'the bible of lesbianism' - was released in Britain in 1928 and was immediately controversial. This title gathers together classic essays on Radclyffe Hall's book - beginning with Havelock Ellis and early reviews - as well as pieces by critics as Esther Newton. Editor(s): Doan, Laura L.; Prosser, Jay. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118743
- ISBN
- 9780231118743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 90.24
€ 118.84
€ 90.24
Hardcover. The interconnections between histories and memories of the Holocaust, colonialism and extreme violence in post-war French and Francophone fiction and film provide the central focus of this book. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APFA; DSBH; DSK; HBTZ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458834
- ISBN
- 9780857458834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.94
€ 154.94
Hardcover. This crisply written biography traces the successful writing life of Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) from the time of her childhood, through her tumultuous relationship with Dylan Thomas, to her death as the widow of the novelist and popular intellectual C. P. Snow. Hers was a rich, courageous, and politically committed writing life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198729617
- ISBN
- 9780198729617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.48
€ 75.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271018935
- ISBN
- 9780271018935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49€ 56.03
€ 66.49
€ 56.03