Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. This book reveals subversive representations of gender, race and class in detective dime novels (1860-1915), arguing that inherent tensions between subversive and conservative impulses-theorized as contamination and containment-explain detective fiction's ongoing popular appeal to readers and to writers such as Twain and Faulkner. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137288646
- ISBN
- 9781137288646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Hardback. Spiegel explores how in one of his best known novels the 19th-century Russian author used laughter not only to flesh out characters but also to foreshadow and intensify events, highlight thematic and compositional parallels, influence the plot, and shape the novel's symbolic structure. As background Num Pages: 168 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910376
- ISBN
- 9781575910376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.28
€ 116.28
Paperback. Science fiction embodies difficult, abstract philosophical and scientific concepts in characters and narratives. Discognition therefore provides an accessible account of ideas about sentience. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Watkins Media United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910924068
- ISBN
- 9781910924068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
Hardcover. Study of literary critic George Steiner and the focus of the Holocaust on his career Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609605
- ISBN
- 9780815609605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.50
€ 26.99
€ 24.50
Paperback. Offers an account of the nineteenth-century British novel and its role in the historical process that gave rise to modern anthropology's concept of culture. This book shows how English Victorian novels appropriated an autoethnographic mode of fiction developed in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095554
- ISBN
- 9780691095554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.44
€ 53.49
€ 42.44
Hardback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935058
- ISBN
- 9780813935058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.54
€ 78.54
Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935065
- ISBN
- 9780813935065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Paperback. An easy-to-navigate guide to Herman Melville's epic American novel, Dive Deeper consists of 135 brief chapters, along with Etymology, Extracts, and Epilogue, each keyed to a phrase, issue, image, sensibility or notion in corresponding chapters of the original. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: APF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199855759
- ISBN
- 9780199855759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.89
€ 47.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813116334
- ISBN
- 9780813116334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.43
€ 41.43
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSK; JFFK; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637174
- ISBN
- 9780691637174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.77
€ 139.77
Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746309445
- ISBN
- 9780746309445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.82
€ 25.99
€ 23.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512379
- ISBN
- 9781905512379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Media Tie In
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198785637
- ISBN
- 9780198785637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
paperback. Editor(s): Riley, E.C. Translator(s): Jarvis, Charles. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JD; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 46. Weight in Grams: 686. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press España, S.A.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021619
- ISBN
- 9780199537891
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardback. Dale Shuger presents, from the records of the Spanish Inquisition, a social corpus of early modern madness that differs radically from the 'literary' madness hitherto studied by Cervantes critics. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644636
- ISBN
- 9780748644636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.18
€ 144.18
Paperback. Celebrates the life and work of Douglas Adams who, in a field in Innsbruck in 1971, had an idea that became "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Num Pages: 288 pages, 5pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Celebrates the life and work of Douglas Adams who, in a field in Innsbruck in 1971, had an idea that became "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Num Pages: 288 pages, 5pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd edition
- SKU
- 9781848564961
- ISBN
- 9781848564961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.86
€ 14.99
€ 12.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 193 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821408919
- ISBN
- 9780821408919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.39
€ 33.39
Hardback. Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941664189
- ISBN
- 9780941664189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.62
€ 110.62
Paperback. Approaches Dostoevsky psychoanalytically, not as a "patient" to be analyzed, but as a fellow psychoanalyst, someone whose life and fiction are intertwined in the process of literary self-exploration. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BG; DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814711514
- ISBN
- 9780814711514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638201
- ISBN
- 9780691638201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.56
€ 108.56
Hardback. This book provides a reassessment of Dostoevsky's religion by showing how he used his writings as the vehicle for an intense probing of the nature of Christianity, of the individual meaning of belief and doubt, and of the problems of ethical behavior that arise from these questions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751377
- ISBN
- 9780804751377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.58
€ 77.58
Hardback. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843311140
- ISBN
- 9781843311140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.83
€ 132.83
Paperback. There is an unresolved tension in Dostoevsky's novels - a tension between believing and not believing in the existence of God. This book enables us to consider the nature of God in the 21st Century through the lens of Dostoevsky's novels. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396. Language, Faith and Fiction. 304 pages. There is an unresolved tension in Dostoevsky's novels - a tension between believing and not believing in the existence of God. This book enables us to consider the nature of God in the 21st Century through the lens of Dostoevsky's novels. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight: 396.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441183880
- ISBN
- 9781441183880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.24
€ 27.24
Paperback. Series: A Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441135315
- ISBN
- 9781441135315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.58
€ 31.99
€ 28.58