Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. Translated for the first time into English, The Myth of the Superhero looks beyond the cape, the mask, and the superpowers, presenting a serious study of the genre and its place in a broader cultural context. Translator(s): Richards, Jamie. Num Pages: 216 pages, 66, 66 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409108
- ISBN
- 9781421409108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.09
€ 66.09
Hardcover. Only five ancient Greek novels have survived to the present, says Cueva, and the genre is relegated to the fringe of the literary canon. He explores one aspect of this small selection: the interrelation of the function of myth and fictional literature, and the development of this relationship. He argues that the utilization of myth increased as the Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472114276
- ISBN
- 9780472114276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.68
€ 92.68
Paperback. What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? This book takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections. Translator(s): Dikbas, Nazim. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571326136
- ISBN
- 9780571326136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Paperback. Challenging the notion that Africa s first women novelists were uninterested in postcolonial politics, Susan Z. Andrade shows that in their allegorical fiction, the family stood for the nation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349211
- ISBN
- 9780822349211
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.91
€ 36.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 261 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838638880
- ISBN
- 9780838638880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.52
€ 137.52
Hardback. A fascinating look into the life and work of controversial French novelist Irene Nemirovsky Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300171969
- ISBN
- 9780300171969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.55
€ 19.99
€ 7.55
Paperback. An indispensable guide for anyone reading Joyce's masterpiece for the first time, provding a crystal clear, page-by-page, line-by-line running commentary on the plot of Ulysses. Num Pages: 272 pages, facsimiles, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415138581
- ISBN
- 9780415138581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.32
€ 59.32
Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813934075
- ISBN
- 9780813934075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.13
€ 94.13
Paperback. Critical introductions to fifteen contemporary novelists whose work is of international calibre. Series: Writers of Italy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609185
- ISBN
- 9780748609185
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.78
€ 42.99
€ 38.78
The New Pornographies. Explicit Sex in Recent French Fiction and Film....
Best, Victoria; Crowley, Martin
Hardback. Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography? Discussing many of France's most successful and scandalous contemporary writers and directors, this book is the first to address this important trend. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719073984
- ISBN
- 9780719073984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.51
€ 155.51
Paperback. A journal that studies the impact of Ray Bradbury's writings on American culture. Editor(s): Touponce, William F. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, biblio. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Kent State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389907
- ISBN
- 9780873389907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.02
€ 31.02
Paperback. Editor(s): May, Charles E. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 161 x 1. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821410875
- ISBN
- 9780821410875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.18
€ 24.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. This study assesses the literary career of Edward Abbey. The author asserts that his role as social commentator and environmental activist is complemented by his guise as a writer of romance - one who reconceives the contemporary world in order to envision a better one. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874173574
- ISBN
- 9780874173574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.90
€ 19.99
€ 18.90
Hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826220677
- ISBN
- 9780826220677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.42
€ 71.42
Hardback. This book examines to what extent the Great War affected the works of Virginia Woolf and D.H.Lawrence. Wussow traces their views of social and historical events, as well as suggesting that violence and the structure of battle is evident in the pre-war writings. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934223461
- ISBN
- 9780934223461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.32
€ 116.32
Paperback. Osip Mandelstam has come to be seen as a central figure in European modernism. This volume includes his autobiographical sketches, "The Noise of Time"; his novella "The Egyptian Stamp"; "Fourth Prose"; and his travel memoirs. There are essays by Clarence Brown. Editor(s): Brown, Clarence. Translator(s): Brown, Clarence. Series: European Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119284
- ISBN
- 9780810119284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.14
€ 18.99
€ 18.14
Hardcover. In his 88 years, Norman Maclean (1902-90) played many parts: fisherman, logger, firefighter, scholar, teacher. But it was a role he took up late in life, that of writer, which won him enduring fame and critical acclaim. This reader offers an introduction Norman Maclean and provides insight into his life and career. Editor(s): Weltzien, O. Alan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226500263
- ISBN
- 9780226500263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.94
€ 35.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Gathers Whitman's autobiographical notes, his views on contemporary politics, and the writings he made as he educated himself in ancient history, religion and mythology, health (including phrenology), and word-study. Editor(s): Grier, Edward F. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 26. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794364
- ISBN
- 9780814794364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Checkmark Books
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816078608
- ISBN
- 9780816078608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.96
€ 26.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157438
- ISBN
- 9780231157438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512. 272 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSK; JFC. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 23. Weight: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157421
- ISBN
- 9780231157421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.95€ 73.04
€ 93.95
€ 73.04
The Novel and the Obscene challenges our vision of early twentieth-century America as sexually progressive by identifying a resonant silence at the heart of the modernist American novel-a narrative mode that renders censorship symbolic at the very moment of its legal demise. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751872
- ISBN
- 9780804751872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.77
€ 71.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press Berkeley
- Edition
- Reprinted edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520067462
- ISBN
- 9780520067462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155982
- ISBN
- 9780691155982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.11
€ 40.99
€ 29.11