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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. Translator(s): Kang, Minsoo. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2GK; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 251 x 17. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143107699
ISBN
9780143107699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Offers a narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. This title provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691014944
ISBN
9780691014944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. This work considers a recurrent figure in American literature: the solitary white man moving through urban space. It looks to the tough guy in the works of hardboiled novelists Raymond Chandler ("The Big Sleep") and James M. Cain ("Double Indemnity") and their popular film noir adaptations. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; APF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294816
ISBN
9780312294816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470666
ISBN
9781611470666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.13

Hardcover. Utilizing a wide range of theoretical and creative texts, Phillips offers an examination of subjectivity as considered, enacted, and embodied, through the frame of minimalist aesthetics. Provocatively, he makes the claim that lived experience is capable of being refined according to the paradoxically rich parameters of a minimalist aesthetic. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACXJ4; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137343369
ISBN
9781137343369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. Presents an avowal of a professional author's ideas about style, literature, art, drama and philosophy, and also an illuminating insight into this great writer's craft. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286899
ISBN
9780099286899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333300923
ISBN
9780333300923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. An overview of the Swahili novel, its place in a globalized world and a reflection on the status and dynamism of Kafka's concept of 'minor literature'. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2HCBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010797
ISBN
9781847010797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardback. Explores the literary expression of crises of social classification that occupied U.S. public discourse in the wake of the European revolutions of 1848. This book shows how, lacking a native language for expressing class differences, American writers struggled to find social taxonomies able to capture and manage inequalities of wealth and power. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113890
ISBN
9780691113890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.39
€ 83.75

Paperback. Tracing the canonization through translation of The Tale of Genji from the 1830s to the 1950s, Michael Emmerich rewrites the early modern and modern history of the work, illuminating the intricate process by which it came to be recognized as a classic of both Japanese and world literature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 129. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162739
ISBN
9780231162739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Tracing the canonization through translation of The Tale of Genji from the 1830s to the 1950s, Michael Emmerich rewrites the early modern and modern history of the work, illuminating the intricate process by which it came to be recognized as a classic of both Japanese and world literature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 129. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162722
ISBN
9780231162722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.39
€ 83.75

Paperback. Offers the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genji in quality and prestige. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DNF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3810 x 34. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
503
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718035
ISBN
9780804718035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" is neglected by readers and undervalued by critics. This work helps us to appreciate the incredible ambition, power, and beauty of Hugo's masterpiece and, in the process, presents a humane vision of fiction as an alternative reality that can help us imagine a different and better world. Translator(s): King, John. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 220 x 27. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131115
ISBN
9780691131115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119189
ISBN
9780472119189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.63

Hardback. Series: Apple-Zimmerman Series in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 247 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBAH; HBJD; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136173
ISBN
9780874136173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403918994
ISBN
9781403918994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. In this, his second book about the essence and depth of Samuel Beckett's thinking and literary art, John Calder analyses the dualism of Beckett's theological writing, his debt to the Gnostics, Manichaeism and Geulincx in particular, the presence of ghosts in his work, and why his late writing has received so little attention. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Alma Classics
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714543833
ISBN
9780714543833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. In an essay of prophetic vision, Lukacs defines a critical realism: 'anyone who wants to become more intimately acquainted with the prehistory of the important ideologies of the [nineteen-] twenties and thirties .. will be helped by a critical reading of this book.' Translator(s): Bostock, A. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd London
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850362367
ISBN
9780850362367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.62

Paperback. For most of modern history, Roman Catholics in Britain were a rejected Num Pages: 431 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813219820
ISBN
9780813219820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.07

Paperback. Hogg's powerful novel combines two stories that hauntingly echo each other, one set in Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders in the early 1820s, and the other set in the Highlands in 1746, the time of Culloden and its devastating aftermath. Editor(s): Hasler, Antony; Mack, Douglas S.; Groves, David. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 34. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663170
ISBN
9780748663170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 264 x 24. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351433
ISBN
9780764351433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478086
ISBN
9780801478086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.10

Hardback. Colligan argues that Nineteenth-century obscenity was caught up in the global cultural traffic of print technology, international trade and exoticism. She reveals that obscenity intersected majority and minority culture, searched out new print and visual media, and built commercial and fantasmatic global networks for its continuation and survival. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 249 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 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: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230003439
ISBN
9780230003439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; BT; DSK; JFMP; LNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 242 x 13. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Daunt Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907970979
ISBN
9781907970979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.75

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