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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. A survey of the critical reception of George Eliot's fiction in Victorian periodicals. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463775
ISBN
9781580463775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.78

Hardcover. Non-fiction novels have usually been associated with the "new journalism" of the 1960s, but this volume identifies 11 major works not usually thought of as nonficiton novels, such as Isak Dinesen's "Out of Africa" to create a new definition of the genre. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322025
ISBN
9780820322025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.76

Paperback. Examines the novels of four Caribbean women writers who have radically reformulated the meanings of the national, geographical, sexual, and racial concepts through which postcolonial studies represents difference. This book represents a phase in postcolonial studies that calls for a fundamental rethinking of the terminology and assumptions. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813923475
ISBN
9780813923475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press U.S.A.
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312246
ISBN
9780822312246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. The British Romantic era was a vibrant and exciting time in the history of the novel. Yet, aside from a few iconic books it has been ignored or dismissed by later readers and critics. This title challenges us to rethink our ideas of the novel as a genre, as well as our long-held assumptions about the literary movement of Romanticism. Editor(s): Heydt-Stevenson, Jillian; Sussman, Charlotte. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846315022
ISBN
9781846315022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.01

Paperback. From Michel Houellebecq to Zadie Smith, from Javier Marias to Arnon Grunberg: this timely study takes its reader on a tour of European literature and the critical discussion around it. Despite recent declarations of postmodernism's demise, contemporary literature turns out to be entangled in a discussion with postmodernism. It is time to critically Editor(s): Vaessens, Thomas; Dijk, Yra van. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9789089643698
ISBN
9789089643698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.81

Hardback. offering the first systematic examination of five modern Japanese fictional narratives, all of them available in English translations, Atsuko Sakaki explores Natsume Soseki's "Kokoro" and "The Three-Cornered World"; Ibuse Masuji's "Black Rain"; Mori Ogai's "Wild Geese"; and Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's "Quicksand." Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674750944
ISBN
9780674750944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.96

Paperback. Studies the stirring literature of "Red Power," an era of Native American organizing that began in 1969 and expanded into the 1970s. This title shows instead that the movement engaged historical memory and oral tradition to produce more enabling knowledge of American Indian lives and possibilities. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342410
ISBN
9780822342410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

paperback. Overpopulation, overexploitation of natural resources, overconsumerism, the predictions of environmental experts do not bode well for us. Num Pages: 162 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ; JFC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Austin & Winfield Publishers United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781880921852
ISBN
9781880921852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.42

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632544
ISBN
9780691632544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.77

Num Pages: 148 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813119229
ISBN
9780813119229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.77

Hardback. By including novels written from a range of political perspectives, Vanden Bossche discovers patterns in Victorian thinking that are easily recognized in today's assumptions about social hierarchy. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412085
ISBN
9781421412085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 49.99

Paperback. A fresh, multicultural reading of the work of women writers of the Progressive era that places their fiction in the context of their reform journalism and political activism. Num Pages: 256 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118514
ISBN
9780231118514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduces students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408217252
ISBN
9781408217252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

Hardback. W.H. Auden and Hannah Arendt belonged to a generation that experienced the catastrophic events of the mid-20th century, and they both sought to respond to the enormity of the novel phenomena they witnessed. "Regions of Sorrow" explores the remarkable affinity between their works. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSK; HBJD; HBTZ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804745109
ISBN
9780804745109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.92

Paperback. This book examines how one aspect of the social and technological situation of literature--namely, the postal system as a mode of transmission--determined how literature was produced and what was produced within literature. Translator(s): Repp, Kevin. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 340 pages, 13 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732383
ISBN
9780804732383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647845
ISBN
9780691647845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.59

hardcover. Treating poverty not simply as a theme in literature but as a force that in fact shapes the texts themselves, Rimstead adopts the notion of a common culture to include ordinary voices in national culture, in this case the national culture of Canada. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSK; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802044945
ISBN
9780802044945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.61

Hardcover.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135353
ISBN
9781571135353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.58

Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK; HBAH; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137598639
ISBN
9781137598639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.94

Hardback. These essays offer not only "representations of Swift" but also a representation of Swift scholarship at the close of the 20th century and a return to fundamental questions about the life, writing, and views of Swift. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 627.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874137972
ISBN
9780874137972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.40

Paperback. Jack London has long been recognized as one of the most colourful figures in American literature. This re-assessment of his work aims to bring to the reader a new sense of London's richness and variety, especially his treatment of diverse cultures. Editor(s): Cassuto, Leonard; Reesman, Jeanne Campbell. Num Pages: 308 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735162
ISBN
9780804735162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137478436
ISBN
9781137478436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.47

Hardcover. Conrad's relationship to Poland - the evolution of his attitude toward his homeland, the influence of Polish literature on his work, his reception by Polish audiences - and to Russian literature, particularly Dostoevsky and Turgenev, is discussed in fourteen papers written by scholars from the United States, Europe and beyond. Editor(s): Krajka, Wieslaw. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880335577
ISBN
9780880335577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.56

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