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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. Editor(s): Myers, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 688 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536399
ISBN
9780199536399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408. 276pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KHS1004109
ISBN
9780299150648
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 30.00

Paperback. Presents a portrait of the writers and wrestlers who played a mentor role in John Irving's development as a novelist, a wrestler and a wrestling coach. This book also gives a picture of a father's dedication to his children. It also details the interrelationship of the disciplines of writing and wrestling. Num Pages: 160 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552996808
ISBN
9780552996808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

hardcover. Over 600 descriptive citations. Comprehensive coverage from the late 19th century through the first half of 1994 of adult and young adult novels, collections of stories, anthologies, and secondary sources. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810829626
ISBN
9780810829626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.10

Hardcover. Argues that the sublime is important in understanding the late 19th-century shift from romanticism to modernism. The author studies the work of three French authors conventionally considered pivotal figures in the trajectory from romanticism to modernism: Hugo, Baudelaire and Lautreamont. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5563 x 3633 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780804717861
ISBN
9780804717861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816647859
ISBN
9780816647859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816647866
ISBN
9780816647866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field reveals the major contribution of puritan women to the intellectual culture of the early modern period. It demonstrates that women's roles within puritan and broader communities encompassed translating and disseminating key texts, producing an impressive body of original writing. Editor(s): Harris, Johanna I.; Scott-Baumann, Elizabeth. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137503671
ISBN
9781137503671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Hardback. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field reveals the major contribution of puritan women to the intellectual culture of the early modern period. It demonstrates that women's roles within puritan and broader communities encompassed translating and disseminating key texts, producing an impressive body of original writing. Editor(s): Harris, Johanna; Scott-Baumann, Elizabeth. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230228641
ISBN
9780230228641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis' death, The Intellectual World of C.S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister McGrath offering a fresh approach to understanding the key themes at the centre of Lewis' theological work and intellectual development. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470672792
ISBN
9780470672792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.13

Hardcover. Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis death, The Intellectual World of C.S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister McGrath offering a fresh approach to understanding the key themes at the centre of Lewis theological work and intellectual development. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470672808
ISBN
9780470672808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.02

Hardcover. This book is an exploration of the phenomenon of horror from an unusual angle. Focusing on reading specific examples of literature from Romanticism to Modernism, the study brings together the phenomenon of horror with the topical concepts of experience and intermediality and highlights the complex relations they present. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137299086
ISBN
9781137299086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religious commitments of Samuel Johnson, the most commanding of the 'commanding heights' of eighteenth-century English letters. This book, one of a trilogy from Palgrave, brings that debate to a decisive conclusion, retrieving the 'historic Johnson.' Editor(s): Clark, J. C. D.; Erskine-Hill, Howard. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230356009
ISBN
9780230356009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardback. Looks at a number of authors who started writing in Iraq in or around the 1950s to explore a pivotal moment in Iraqi novel writing. This monograph on Iraqi fiction focuses on Gha'ib Tu'ma Farman (1927-1990), Mahdi Isa al-Saqr (1927-2006) and Fu'ad al-Takarli (1927-2008), and a selection of works by Dhu al-Nun Ayyub and Abd al-Malik Nuri. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSR; 3JJPG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641413
ISBN
9780748641413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 96.10

Hardcover. An original, insightful and accessible critical account of thirty representative nineteenth-century Irish novels, The Irish Novel 1800-1910 will inform and stimulate the specialist and the general reader. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782051251
ISBN
9781782051251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. The Irish Novel 1960-2010 is the first book to study how the novel has been involved in discussing the seeds of change and the response to change as it evolved. The result is a wide-ranging survey, accessible and rewarding for both the student and the general public. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050582
ISBN
9781782050582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Paperback. This book interprets a wide variety of the most interesting Irish novels of the last ten years of the century from a perspective that focuses on the regulated sexual and constructed gendered body. The demarcating line of identity--the perennial Irish problem--is gauged at the basic level of sexual and gender identity. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602380
ISBN
9780230602380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312238391
ISBN
9780312238391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardback. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, this book presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
F First Edition, 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153384
ISBN
9780691153384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. By considering the disruptive potential of age disparate marriages in nineteenth-century British literature, Godfrey offers provocative new readings of canonical texts including Don Juan, Jane Eyre, and Bleak House. Num Pages: 268 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606739
ISBN
9780230606739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Paperback. Suitable for readers and critics alike, this title unravels the mystery of George Eliot's final creation - "Daniel Deronda" - and of Eliot herself. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594035968
ISBN
9781594035968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. Sunday 20 November, 1825. With these words the author began what many regard as his greatest work, a diary which was to turn into an extraordinary day-to-day account of the last six years of his life, years of financial ruin, bereavement, and increasing ill health. This title presents memoirs of his contemporaries. Num Pages: 978 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 53. Weight in Grams: 653.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862418281
ISBN
9780862418281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.45

paperback. Editor(s): Phelps, Christopher. Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st
SKU
V9780312400378
ISBN
9780312400378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.70

paperback. Editor(s): Avsey, Ignat. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536375
ISBN
9780199536375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

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