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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardcover. Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves. Editor(s): Williams, John A.; Williams, Lori. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
Adapted ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814333556
ISBN
9780814333556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.47

Paperback. Features Dodie Smith, who was a playwright and novelist, and the author of various classics such as: The Hundred and One Dalmations, and I Capture the Castle. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951733
ISBN
9781845951733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 229 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1032.
Publisher
Opus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623160708
ISBN
9781623160708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.61

Paperback. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324. The Love Letters of F.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 356.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747566014
ISBN
9780747566014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.88

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
new
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847188717
ISBN
9781847188717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Paperback. Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert,presents a celebration and analysis ofthe Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjowall and Wahloo's Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACS; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230361447
ISBN
9780230361447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert,presents a celebration and analysis ofthe Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjowall and Wahloo's Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACS; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303690
ISBN
9780230303690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; 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: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403993366
ISBN
9781403993366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Series: Revived Modern Classic. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811210898
ISBN
9780811210898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.80

Talcroft explores Sutcliff's use of sacred themes through twelve of her most famous novels. Num Pages: 177 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810829824
ISBN
9780810829824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.92

Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AVGC9; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
first
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162647
ISBN
9780231162647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Looking at the novels of James's major phase in the context of fin-de-siecle decadence, this book illuminates central issues in the James corpus and central aspects of a rich and fraught cultural moment. Through a close examination of the textures of the novels, Kventsel defines and explores their psycho-cultural field of meaning. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008274
ISBN
9780230008274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Decadent daughters and monstrous mothers interrogates Angela Carter's feminist politics through the lens of European Gothic. It illuminates her ambivalent relation to her European literary forebears, reveals her rich knowledge of French literature and offers fresh insights into her literary practices afforded by newly available archival material. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784991036
ISBN
9781784991036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.69

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137382573
ISBN
9781137382573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Paperback. The record of the young Angelica Garnett's struggle to emerge from the extraordinary and intense milieu of the Bloomsbury Set as a mature and independent woman. She creates a poignant picture of her mother, Vanessa Bell, of her own emerging individuality, and of the Bloomsbury era. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712662666
ISBN
9780712662666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardback. Daniel Defoe, as the author of "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders", can be described as, with some justification, the creator of the first novels in English. This book summarizes Defoe's life and achievements to offer a critical overview of his contribution to literature. Series: Literary Companions. Num Pages: 162 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333513286
ISBN
9780333513286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Hardcover. Explores the implications of scientific discourse on Russian concepts of mental illness and national health Series Editor(s): Thompson, Mike. Series: Durham Modern Languages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091643
ISBN
9780719091643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.10

Hardcover. This exciting new study looks at degeneration and deviance in nineteenth-century science and late-Victorian Gothic fiction. The questions it raises are as relevant today as they were at the nineteenth century's fin de siecle: What constitutes the norm from which a deviation has occurred? What exactly does it mean to be 'normal' or 'abnormal'? Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137450326
ISBN
9781137450326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

Hardcover. Deleuze and Beckett is a collection of essays on specific aspects of the Deleuze and Beckett interface. Some of the world's leading Beckett and Deleuze specialists apply different concepts of Deleuzian philosophy to a wide range of Beckett's oeuvre, including his novels, short stories, and stage, film and television work. Editor(s): Wilmer, S. E.; Zukauskaite, Audrone. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137481139
ISBN
9781137481139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

paperback. Presenting a study of the work of Joanna Russ, this book offers an introduction to the major feminist issues relevant to Russ' work and assesses its development. It is suitable for students of SF and feminist SF. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853236245
ISBN
9780853236245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla.: Journal of Beckett Studies Books, c2004. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416. The Annotated 'Murphy'. 264 pages, Illustrations. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla.: Journal of Beckett Studies Books, c2004. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight: 416.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641505
ISBN
9780748641505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. A compilation of 19th-century French "haunting" tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers some of the more memorable stories in the genre. Editor(s): Kessler, Joan C. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226432083
ISBN
9780226432083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.57

Paperback. How does a writer compose a suicide note? This account gives us a description of the author's descent into mental anguish, and his eventual success in overcoming a little-understood yet very common condition. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSK; JM; VFJB; VFJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 5. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872618
ISBN
9781784872618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215086
ISBN
9780253215086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

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