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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardback. Why does interrogation silence its object and not make it speak? Silence vs speech is a central issue in classical and modern literary works. This book studies literary representations of the power relations in which we are forced to speak using a range of texts ranging from the modern crime novel, via classics, to avant-garde plays. Editor(s): Olsson, Ulf. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137350985
ISBN
9781137350985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) always stood in the shadow of her lover and teacher, Jean-Paul Sartre, despite the fact that she was a brilliant writer and philosopher in her own right. Her monumental study "The Second Sex" made her a cult figure of the Feminist movement. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 182 pages, 21 black & white halftones, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904950097
ISBN
9781904950097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Eleanore Holveck presents Simone de Beauvoir's theory of literature and metaphysics, including its relationship to the philosophers Husserl, Heidegger, Kant, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre, with reference to the literary tradition of Goethe, Maurice Barres, Rimbaud, Andre Breton and Paul Nizan. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HPJ; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742513365
ISBN
9780742513365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.62

Hardback. aeo This is a very accessible introduction to one of the key figures in contemporary feminist thought. aeo The approach to Simone de Beauvoir is distinctive because it examines her work as a philosopher -- this book is the first full--length assessment of Simone de Beauvoira s philosophy. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745612027
ISBN
9780745612027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardcover. This groundbreaking volume is the first to mount a sustained and wide-ranging critical treatment of Singularity (the irrevocable transformation of the nature of human existence by technological advancement) as a subject for theory and cultural studies. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319723
ISBN
9781846319723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.12

Hardcover. Showing how the Gothic can be read as a complex reaction to Enlightenment methods of historical representation, Sinister histories uncovers hitherto neglected relationships between Gothic texts and prominent works of eighteenth-century history. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719095979
ISBN
9780719095979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.55

Paperback. Peter Field's new editon of the Morte Darthur has been hailed as 'our standard critical edition of Malory'. The paperback makes the complete definitive original spelling text edition available, with the same pagination as the two-volume hardback edition. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Original Text ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844600
ISBN
9781843844600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.58

Hardback. Introduces the "Westernesque femme fatale," an alluring figure who is ethnically Japanese but evokes the West in her physical appearance, lifestyle, behavior, and, most important, her use of language. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137867
ISBN
9780231137867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.32

Hardback. This work examines three first-person novels that narrate spectacular failures of self-representationamd is an analysis of notions of truth and linguistic skepticism in the French novel. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724654
ISBN
9780804724654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.30

Paperback. This revealing autobiography illuminates the literary world of the latter half of the 20th century, as well as giving a personal insight into the life of the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330484053
ISBN
9780330484053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, one line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538997
ISBN
9780199538997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.10

paperback. Contemporary literary critics have praised novel theory for abandoning its formalist roots and defining the novel as a vehicle of social discourse. This text argues that it was the compatibility of Bakhtin with James that prompted Anglo-American theorists to embrace Bakhtin with such enthusiasm. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733564
ISBN
9780804733564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. Largely ignored in American literary history, the magazine was extremely popular throughout the 19th century, with editors describing the form as a virtual "necessity". This book covers a variety of magazines and authors emphasizing their engagement with the social issues of the day. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b&w illustrations, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922409
ISBN
9780813922409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

Hardback. A collection of interviews and occasional papers given by Castoriadis between 1974 and 1997. It provides a resume of his political ideas. It includes a chapter that presents the concept, central to his thinking, of 'imaginary significations' as what make a society 'cohere'. Editor(s): Escobar, Enrique. Translator(s): Arnold, Helen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DSK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230938
ISBN
9780823230938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.37

Paperback. An engaging and accessible book looking at 1970s sf writing, film and television - alongside music and architecture - to reclaim the decade as a crucial period in the history of science fiction. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381175
ISBN
9781781381175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.71

Hardback. In this study of solitude in high modernist writing, Edward Engelberg explores the ways in which solitude functions thematically to shape meaning in literary works, as well as what solitude as a condition has contributed to the making of a trope. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312239473
ISBN
9780312239473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Paperback. In this definitive collection of Stephenson's writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century - mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science and technology- under his eclectic and unflinching gaze. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878563
ISBN
9781848878563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688874
ISBN
9780856688874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.64

Hardback. This individual studies ask what specific sonorous qualities are capable of being registered by different modern media, and how sonic transpositions and transferences across media affect the ways in which human subjects attend to modern soundscapes. Editor(s): Murphet, Julian; Groth, Helen; Hone, Penelope. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: AP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474416368
ISBN
9781474416368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.41

Hardback. A look at how West African and Caribbean Francophone writers use rhythm, music, and sound to create and negotiate identity Series: African Soundscapes Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KJ; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
American Literatures Initiative
SKU
V9781439900314
ISBN
9781439900314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.54

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