Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. The first major work of literature written in Catalan and arguably the first European novel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADC; DSBB; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9781855663046
- ISBN
- 9781855663046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.77
€ 26.99
€ 26.77
Hardback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403997470
- ISBN
- 9781403997470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.50
€ 64.50
Hardback. Featuring over 75 fascinating personal profiles of romance writers, this popular reference work also lists every book in every romance series and provides an index of author pseudonyms. Num Pages: 928 pages, 60 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 928
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810830028
- ISBN
- 9780810830028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.07
€ 184.07
Hardback. Effective, articulate, and readable, Romantic Narrative will appeal to scholars in both nineteenth-century studies and narrative theory. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897214
- ISBN
- 9780801897214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 62.54
€ 68.92
€ 62.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536419
- ISBN
- 9781557536419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.51
€ 60.51
Paperback. With an introduction, notes and references, this title combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century, which together form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. It argues against the intellectual subjection of women, particularly women writers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099734314
- ISBN
- 9780099734314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.87
€ 7.87
Paperback. Explores a specific site - the Reading Room of the British Museum - as a space of imaginative potential in relation to the emergence of modern women writers in Victorian and early 20th-century London. This book challenges an assessment of the Reading Room of the British Museum as a bastion of class and gender privilege. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697946
- ISBN
- 9780748697946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Tells the story of the author's parents' lives - largely in their own words. They remember every detail of their Dublin childhoods. Through their eyes, we see the intensely Catholic society of their youth being transformed into the vibrant, modern Ireland. This is the author's first non-fiction book. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 199 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099449225
- ISBN
- 9780099449225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
hardcover. Born in Chicago in 1918, the prodigiously gifted and erudite Isaac Rosenfeld was anointed a 'genius' upon the publication of his novel, "Passage from Home"; someone expected to surpass even his closest friend and rival, Saul Bellow. This book intends to reclaim Rosenfeld's legacy by opening up his work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW with price sticker to front, remains very good to like new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031625
- ISBN
- 9780300126495
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140431490
- ISBN
- 9780140431490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Hardcover. Provides an reading of Kipling's fiction using the feminist psychoanalytic methodology of Julia Kristeva and Helene Cixous, focusing particularly on ideas of the abjected maternal feminine. This book examines Kipling's ambivalent relationship to the India of his childhood and the 'loss' of his mother figures. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748698554
- ISBN
- 9780748698554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.03
€ 106.95
€ 102.03
Paperback. This is a study of the forces and influences that shaped Kipling's work, including his unusual family background, his role as the laureate of empire and the deaths of two of his children, and of his complex relations with a literary world that first embraced and then rejected him. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333557211
- ISBN
- 9780333557211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.23
€ 124.23
Hardcover. "Rulin waishi" (The Unofficial History of the Scholars) is an 18th century landmark in the history of the Chinese novel. Through a close reading of this novel, the author seeks answers to such questions as: what accounts for the literati's enthusiasm for writing and reading novels? Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010956
- ISBN
- 9780674010956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. Augusten Burroughs's jaw-dropping memoir, out now in paperback: 'Adrian Mole scripted by Hieronymous Bosch' Fiona Hook, The Times Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843541516
- ISBN
- 9781843541516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642390
- ISBN
- 9780691642390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.07
€ 165.07
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636597
- ISBN
- 9780691636597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
A collection of informative critical articles on some of the best twentieth-century Russian short stories from Chekhov and Bunin to Tolstaya and Pelevin. It discusses the recurrent themes of language's power and limits, of childhood and old age, of art and sexuality, and of cultural, individual and artistic memory. Editor(s): Parts, Lyudmila, PhD. Series: Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843444
- ISBN
- 9781934843444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.33
€ 121.33
Hardcover. A critical study of fictional responses by authors inside and outside Rwanda to the 1994 genocide. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381946
- ISBN
- 9781781381946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.12
€ 141.12
Hardback. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: DSK; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812233711
- ISBN
- 9780812233711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
Hardcover. This book examines Willa Cather's conceptions through her numerous works. Hively's study combines Cather's interest in the historians, the philosophers, and the mythographers, to examine nine of her novels on three levels. Num Pages: 212 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819194817
- ISBN
- 9780819194817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.64
€ 109.64
Paperback. The writings of the Marquis de Sade have attained notoriety in the canon of world literature. Sade himself is often celebrated as a heroic apostle of individual rights and a giant of philosophical thought. In this detailed work, Laurence Bongie tests these claims. Num Pages: 348 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DNF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064215
- ISBN
- 9780226064215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
paperback. In late 1995 and early 1996, cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco travelled four times to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area during the Bosnian War. Still surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, the mainly Muslim people of Gorazde had endured heavy attacks to hang on to their town. This book presents a snapshot of these people. Num Pages: 236 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; AKLC; DNJ; DSK; FXZ; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224080897
- ISBN
- 9780224080897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Hardback. Meg Dods, a sentimental virago, keeps a rundown inn in a derelict Tweedale village, while the young Laird is living way beyond his means. When a nearby spring becomes a Spa, life changes as a hotel and a troop of social climbers move in. Editor(s): Weinstein, Mark. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 508 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605354
- ISBN
- 9780748605354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 108.45
€ 112.89
€ 108.45
Paperback. In this comprehensive and lucid critical study, Andrew Teverson examines the intellectual, biographical, literary and cultural contexts from which Rushdie's fiction springs in order to help the reader make sense of the often complex debates that surround the life and work of this major contemporary figure. Series Editor(s): Thieme, John. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719070518
- ISBN
- 9780719070518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.93
€ 37.93