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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

paperback. A fascinating look at the contemporary Amerian crime novel in all its variety and complexity. Editor(s): Messent, Peter B. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780745310169
ISBN
9780745310169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.09

Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557537157
ISBN
9781557537157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.11

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458. The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels. 232 pages, ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157827
ISBN
9780231157827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Hardback. Featuring the interplay of fictions and "the real world," these 12 essays explore and expand ideas of what fictions and reality might be. They for the most part concern themselves with aspects, examples, and problems of the novel as the principal form of fiction. Editor(s): Polhemus, Robert M.; Henkle, Roger B. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps,facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722438
ISBN
9780804722438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.66

Paperback. Features a satire on the moral failure of the "Jazz Age". This book explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery and use of colour, and how these contribute to a seamless interplay of social comedy and symbolic landscape. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Stg
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140771978
ISBN
9780140771978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.45

Hardcover. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 461.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632863
ISBN
9780815632863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.04

Paperback. Focuses on the status of novels as commodities, their mediation of national cultures, and their role in transnational exchange. This book examines the forms and histories of the novel in England, Nigeria, Japan, France, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. Editor(s): Lynch, Deidre; Warner, William Beatty. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318439
ISBN
9780822318439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; APF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480047
ISBN
9781611480047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.58

Paperback. Precociously brilliant in his youth, Cyril Connolly was haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romatic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two great books, "The Unquiet Grave" and "Enemies of Promise", are classics of English prose, combining wit, romanticism and merciless self-knowledge. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pimlico
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712666350
ISBN
9780712666350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. In these impressions of the Italian countryside: "Twilight in Italy", "Sea and Sardina", and "Etruscan Places", the author transforms ordinary incidents into passages of intense beauty. Editor(s): Squires, Michael. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441559
ISBN
9780141441559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Rocet Arwel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFW; BG; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708315613
ISBN
9780708315613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.25

paperback. Refuting commonly held beliefs within women's and lesbian history, feminist theory, and histories of the novel, this book challenges the idea that sex between women was unimaginable in British culture before the late nineteenth century. It is of interest to readers engaged in literary and queer theory. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320494
ISBN
9780822320494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Recovers Twain's final years as they really were - lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm. Num Pages: 365 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250000
ISBN
9780520250000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of Defoe's oeuvre from the perspective of the historian. Clark presents Defoe by recovering the theological basis of his intellectual commitments, establishing him as a crucial figure in the evolution of theories about war and property, conquest and commerce, religious toleration and civil society. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333971369
ISBN
9780333971369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36

Paperback. Drawing on private letters and papers, and with the co-operation of Daphne du Maurier's family, the author explores the secret drama of her life - the stifling relationship with her father, actor-manager Gerald du Maurier; her troubled marriage to war hero and royal aide, 'Boy' Browning; her wartime love affair; and more. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099333319
ISBN
9780099333319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. A profound reconsideration of how Blanchot work figures theologically in some of the major currents of twentieth-century thought. Hart reveals Blanchot to be a thinker devoted to the possibilities of a spiritual life with the possibilities of leading an ethical life in the absence of God. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226318110
ISBN
9780226318110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

paperback. Focuses on European and American trial fiction since about 1880, arguing that, although generally animated by a sense of injustice, this literature reflects the virtual collapse in Western culture of the idea of a universal, or "natural", ethical law. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823215102
ISBN
9780823215102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Hardback. Although George Eliot has long been described as "the novelist of the Midlands" she often brought the outer reaches of the empire home in her work. This text studies Eliot's problematic, career-long interest in representing racial and ethnic "Otherness". Num Pages: 208 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 585. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821414415
ISBN
9780821414415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293875
ISBN
9780226293875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

paperback. With profound insight and remarkable candor, the author tracks the progress of his madness, from the smothering misery and exhaustion, to the agony of composing his own suicide note and his eventual, hard-won recovery. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSK; VSP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099285571
ISBN
9780099285571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

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