Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
hardcover. Daniels, author of Caleb, My Son, here tells of her troubled childhood, which included bouts of anorexia and mental illness. Her struggle to overcome her problems resulted in a bestselling book and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 169 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1007.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568332505
- ISBN
- 9781568332505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.38
€ 31.99
€ 30.38
Hardcover. Examines the whole of Flora Thompson's oeuvre including the poetry, short fiction, and essays that she published in women's periodicals before World War II, her book of poetry, "Bog Myrtle and Peat" (1921), and two posthumously published works, "Still Glides the Stream" (1947) and "Heatherley" (1979). Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838642061
- ISBN
- 9780838642061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.10
€ 117.10
Paperback. This study offers fresh readings of milestones in twentieth-century Chinese fiction, film, and drama and argues that they have questioned the faith in historical progress and in the viability of a sphere of free debate. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AN; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758499
- ISBN
- 9780804758499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.47
€ 41.47
Hardback. Explains why fantasy in the Harry Potter and Dresden Files novels cannot adhere strictly to scientific laws, and when magic might make scientific sense in the muggle world. This title discusses exoplanets and how the search for alien life has shifted from radio communications to space-based telescopes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147154
- ISBN
- 9780691147154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.36
€ 32.99
€ 27.36
Paperback. Explodes the myth that Lewis was a misogynist and shows how his approach to women is pertinent to contemporary culture. Editor(s): Curtis, Carolyn; Key, Mary Pomroy. Num Pages: 288 pages, Black and white pics of contributors in text. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745956947
- ISBN
- 9780745956947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.30
€ 14.99
€ 12.30
hardcover. This book focuses on the popular fiction of Weimar Germany and explores the relationship between women, the texts they read, and the society in which they lived. A complex picture emerges that shows women talking center stage, not only in the fiction but also in the reality that shaped its fictional representations. Num Pages: 196 pages, bibliog, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811547
- ISBN
- 9781571811547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.47
€ 148.47
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662223
- ISBN
- 9781855662223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.79
€ 148.79
Hardback. Following a chapter offering a historical perspective of women characters in science fiction, beginning with the 1818 publication of Frankenstein, King provides reading lists and annotations of a variety of science fiction series, novellas and novels. Num Pages: 295 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliographies, index. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810816640
- ISBN
- 9780810816640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.78
€ 109.78
Paperback. Presents an exploration of the lives and works of some two dozen American, English, and French women whose talent shaped the Paris expatriate experience in the century's early years. Num Pages: 566 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292790407
- ISBN
- 9780292790407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95
Paperback. A collection of stories, which examine society through the eyes of the woman, as she encountered choices in marriage, motherhood, work and love. It tells the stories of competing voices - of the men and women who entered into the fray of the fin de siecle, and were not afraid to confront, challenge or delight in the irrepressible New. Editor(s): Richardson, Angelique. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441566
- ISBN
- 9780141441566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.63
€ 19.99
€ 15.63
Paperback. The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2CXG; DSBB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036226
- ISBN
- 9780472036226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.80
€ 59.80
Paperback. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537133
- ISBN
- 9781557537133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.71
€ 60.71
Hardback. Providing new ways of reading Boccaccio's masterpiece, Decameron, Ferme analyzes the dynamics between the women who rule the first half of the story. Peeling back the many narrative layers within and outside of the framework, this book unearths the complications and trickery surrounding gender and death in Boccaccio's world and culture. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490551
- ISBN
- 9781137490551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.86
€ 82.86
Hardcover. This study traces the history of women's science fiction writing from the turn of the century to the early 1990s, analysing how women writers have utilized the genre to critique the ideology that informs what counts as scientific knowledge. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; FL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Publishers, Limited
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741580
- ISBN
- 9780333741580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.50
€ 113.50
Paperback. "To the Lighthouse" is one of Virginia Woolf's most widely read and commonly studied novels. This guide introduces its context, language, themes, criticism and afterlife. It is suitable for undergraduate students. Series: A Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826495839
- ISBN
- 9780826495839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.89
€ 29.99
€ 24.89
Hardcover. A study of the emergence of women writers in Iran as a moderating, modernizing force Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632788
- ISBN
- 9780815632788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.26
€ 51.26
Paperback. Rashundari Debi, who gave birth to eleven children - her first was born when she was eighteen years old, the last when she was forty-one - ruminates on her very individual understanding of bhakti beliefs as well as the new times that were unfolding around her. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zubaan India
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789381017906
- ISBN
- 9789381017906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.15
€ 34.99
€ 28.15
Hardback. This is a a collection of essays by Maurice Blanchot, a key figure in the exploration of the relationship between literature and philosophy. Recurring themes in the essays include:the relation of literature and language to death and the historical, personal, and social function of literature. Translator(s): Mandel, Charlotte. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724326
- ISBN
- 9780804724326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.29
€ 162.29
Hardcover. Working Girls offers a cultural and literary history of telegraphists, typists, shop-girls, and barmaids. It argues that these occupations helped to shape a distinctively new identity for emancipated young women, and explores how authors used this to navigate a precarious literary landscape. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724841
- ISBN
- 9780198724841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.68
€ 140.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 75 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 303 x 9. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Park Lane Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906969783
- ISBN
- 9781906969783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.71
€ 7.71