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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170. 88 pages. Fire the Bastards! is a scorching attack on the book-review media using the critical reception of William Gaddis's 1955 novel The Recognitions as a case study. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 139 x 9. Weight: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
2 Reprint
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564786098
ISBN
9781564786098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Translator(s): MacGillivray, Catherine A.F. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC; DSK; FA; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816621170
ISBN
9780816621170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.88

Paperback. Thanks to the recent discovery of Judith Sargent Murray's papers-including some 2,500 personal letters-Sheila L. Skemp has documented the compelling story of a talented and most unusual eighteenth-century woman. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222487
ISBN
9780812222487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583226407
ISBN
9781583226407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.59

hardcover. By analysing the works of specific prison writers but not being limited to a single locale or narrow time span, Fitting Sentences offers a significant historical and global overview of a unique genre in literature. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038333
ISBN
9780802038333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 37. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148160
ISBN
9780231148160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 75.66

Paperback. "The Great Gatsby" (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This guide sets "The Great Gatsby" in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study. Series: A Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200. Series: Reader's Guides. 176 pages. "The Great Gatsby" (1925) is a classic of modern American literature and is often seen as the quintessential novel of 'the jazz age'. This guide sets "The Great Gatsby" in its historical, intellectual and cultural contexts, offering analyses of its themes, style and structure. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight: 184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Continuum
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826490117
ISBN
9780826490117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.94

Hardback. Presents an introduction to Japanese fiction. This book profiles five writers Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe Ko bo, and Shiba Ryo taro. It also describes the author's personal encounters with them with autobiographical observations and his literary and cultural analysis. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126106
ISBN
9780231126106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.48

Paperback. Presents an introduction to Japanese fiction. This book profiles the writers Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe Ko bo, and Shiba Ryo taro. It also describes the author's personal encounters with thesm and his literary and cultural analysis. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126113
ISBN
9780231126113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, glossary, notes. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CJBR; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585100583
ISBN
9781585100583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.35

Paperback. This groundbreaking study, first published in 1995 and now substantially revised, reconfigures O'Brien as a highly subversive writer within a rich and fertile literary landscape: indisputably Irish yet distinctly post-modern. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
new ed of 2nd revised ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184875
ISBN
9781859184875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 21.31

Hardback. Employing a wide range of critical perspectives and new comparative contexts, Flann O'Brien: Contesting Legacies breaks new ground in O'Brien scholarship by testing a number of popular commonplaces about this Irish (post-) Modernist author. Editor(s): Borg, Ruben; Fagan, Paul; Werner, Huber. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050766
ISBN
9781782050766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Susan Srigley argues that Flannery O'Connor's ethics are inextricably linked to her role as a storyteller, and that her moral vision is expressed through the dramatic narrative of her fiction. Srigley elucidates O'Connor's sacramental vision by showing that it is embodied morally within her fiction as an ethic of responsibility. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268017804
ISBN
9780268017804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823232154
ISBN
9780823232154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.46

Paperback. Disturbing, ironic, haunting, brutal. What inner struggle led Flannery O'Connor to create fiction that elicits such labels? Here, Sarah Gordon shows a writer whose world was steeped in male presumption regarding women and creativity. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325200
ISBN
9780820325200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.50

paperback. This study interprets Flannery O'Connor's fiction on its own terms. By stepping back from prevailing controversies, the author turns to the short stories and novels themselves and forms an impression of them while seeking the answers to such questions as they necessarily suggest themselves. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823219117
ISBN
9780823219117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. Offers a literary and philosophical analysis of Flannery O'Connor's life and literature. It draws upon Robert Coles's personal experiences in the South during the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s, his brief acquaintance with the writer herself, and readings of her works. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820315362
ISBN
9780820315362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.22

paperback. A work that poses provocative questions about perception and reality. It is a parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth - its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. It provides an overview of this world - its physics and metaphysics, its history, customs and religious beliefs. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140435313
ISBN
9780140435313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.64

Paperback. Tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes' Don Quijote unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novel "Madame Bovary". Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193973
ISBN
9781845193973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647296
ISBN
9780691647296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.37

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