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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. Novels by Proust, Woolf, and Nabokov have been read as expressions of a desire to transcend time. Hagglund gives them another reading entirely: fear of time and death is generated by investment in temporal life. Engaging with Freud and Lacan, he opens a new way of reading the dramas of desire as they are staged in both philosophy and literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPCF7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Sew
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066328
- ISBN
- 9780674066328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03€ 59.18
€ 64.03
€ 59.18
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403942289
- ISBN
- 9781403942289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardcover. This is the first book-length critical study of E.B. White, the American essayist and author of Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan. G. Douglas Atkins focuses on White and the writing life, offering detailed readings of the major essays and revealing White's distinctiveness as an essayist. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340664
- ISBN
- 9780230340664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Hardback. In "Howards End", Forster remarks that the imperialist "hopes to inherit the earth" and with the strong temptation he has to acclaim it "as a superyeoman, who carries his country's virtue overseas". This volume explores the realm of Forster' politics and imperialism. Translator(s): Beer, J. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333741368
- ISBN
- 9780333741368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. The "Psammead Trilogy" written by Edith Nesbit includes "Five Children and It", "The Phoenix and the Carpet", and "The Story of the Amulet". The essays collected in this volume celebrate the completion of the "Psammead Trilogy". These essays employ differing strategies and place Edith Nesbit in various contexts to assess her achievement. Editor(s): Jones, Raymond E. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810854017
- ISBN
- 9780810854017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.76
€ 119.76
Hardcover. A study of 19th-century Irish authors, Edith Somerville and Martin Ross, and their literary collaboration, particularly the latter's influence on their writing and professional careers. New and in-depth archival research is used to rethink Somerville and Ross's joint authorship within the historical intellectual and literary culture. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 166 x 333 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782051923
- ISBN
- 9781782051923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Hardback. Attacked for appeasing both Hitler and Stalin, E.H. Carr was not only one of the most productive writers of the 20th century but one of its most provocative as well. In this book 16 internationally respected authors grapple with his complex intellectual legacy. Editor(s): Cox, Michael. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBH; DSK; HBAH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333720660
- ISBN
- 9780333720660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.87
€ 128.87
Hardcover. This volume is a comprehensive investigation into Forster's relationship to Modernism. It advances the argument that Forster's fiction embodies an important strand within modernism and in doing so makes the case for a new definition and interpretation of "modernism". Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333987827
- ISBN
- 9780333987827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Paperback. EM Forster's most challenging work, "A Passage to India" has since 1924 provoked debate on topics from imperialism to modernism to ethnicity, sexuality and symbolism. This book introduces not only the novel but the key issues which surround it. It offers a contextual and biographical overview, with a chronology of important dates. Editor(s): Childs, Peter. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415238236
- ISBN
- 9780415238236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.81
€ 31.81
Hardback. Editor(s): Herz, Judith Scherer; Martin, Robert K. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333294758
- ISBN
- 9780333294758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.69
€ 128.69
Hardback. Offers a wide view of E.M. Forster's character as observed and remembered by college associates, close friends, chance acquaintances and fellow writers. These 46 pieces, some published for the first time, variously reveal facets of his private and public personalities. Editor(s): Stape, J. H. Series: Interviews & Recollections S. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333570838
- ISBN
- 9780333570838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649894
- ISBN
- 9780691649894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.48
€ 110.48
Hardcover. The first in-depth account of fictional sequels in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this examines cases of prose fiction works being continued by multiple writers, reading them for evidence of Early Modern attitudes towards authorship, originality, and literary property. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474124
- ISBN
- 9781137474124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardback. Editor(s): Richards, Dr. Jennifer. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AFS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403917362
- ISBN
- 9781403917362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. From the 16th century to the 18th century, hermaphrodites were discussed and depicted in a range of artistic, mythological, scientific and erotic contexts. This title looks at some of those representations to tease out the stories they tell about ambiguous sex and gender in early modern England. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333925379
- ISBN
- 9780333925379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Hardback. In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in Conversation illuminates the extent to which gender shaped conversational interaction and demonstrates the significance of conversation as a rhetorical practice for women. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298620
- ISBN
- 9780230298620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Paperback. In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in Conversation illuminates the extent to which gender shaped conversational interaction and demonstrates the significance of conversation as a rhetorical practice for women. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506306
- ISBN
- 9781137506306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Hardcover. East Asian Ecocriticisms presents original essays from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China that define and characterize trends in East Asian ecocriticism. Drawing on diverse theoretical perspectives in environmental thought and scholarship, this volume presents valuable and original contributions to global conversations. Editor(s): Estok, Simon C.; Kim, Won-Chung. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274311
- ISBN
- 9781137274311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631131
- ISBN
- 9780816631131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
hardcover. This book examines the interrelationship between narrative, ritual, and royal authority, including discussions of Daoism, yin-yang, and Buddhist doctrine, as depicted in a variety of texts from The Chronicles of Japan (7th century) to The Tale of the Heike (14th century). Series: Asian Religions & Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 33. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751582
- ISBN
- 9780804751582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Hardback. This collection introduces and examines the overarching ecological consciousness evinced in the writings of James Joyce. Editor(s): Brazeau, Robert; Gladwin, Derek. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050728
- ISBN
- 9781782050728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Hardcover. Virginia Woolf, Jeanette Winterson, and Ali Smith share an ecological philosophy of the world as one highly interconnected entity comprised of multiple and equal, human and non-human participants. This study argues that these writers' texts have an ecological significance in fostering respect for and understanding of difference, human and nonhuman. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230308435
- ISBN
- 9780230308435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
Paperback. This book will provide the first study of how the Gothic engages with ecocritical ideas. The book's focus is from the late eighteenth century to the present day, via consideration of a number of national and global contexts and different media including short stories, novels and films. Editor(s): Hughes, William; Smith, Andrew W. M. Series Editor(s): Bronfen, Elisabeth; Bruhm, Steven; Gelder, Ken; Hogle, Jerrold E.; Horner, Avril; Hughes, William. Series: International Gothic Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AFPS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 303 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526106896
- ISBN
- 9781526106896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardback. In detailed readings of ten novels (by Balzac, Stendhal, Austen, Dickens, and James), the author shows how novelists, in their practice of novelistic representation, deal with certain cultural issues, social values, and ideological purposes through the particular combination and manipulation of a set of formal possibilities. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726115
- ISBN
- 9780804726115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.56
€ 93.56