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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. Philip K Dick was one of the most incisive, subversive, and entertaining American authors of the last half of the twentieth century. This book examines the first eight cinematic adaptations of Dick's fiction in light of their literary sources. Num Pages: 5 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218604
ISBN
9780803218604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.88

Paperback. Robert Bird traces Fyodor Dostoevsky's path from a political revolutionary to one who fought his battles through the printed word. The author describes how Dostoevsky's difficult background contributed to his highly acclaimed novels such as Crime and Punishment (1867) and The Brothers Karamazov. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861899002
ISBN
9781861899002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. This Readers Guide offers a lively and accessible introduction to the essential criticism surrounding the fiction of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Jay Corwin explores major critical responses to Marquez's key works, from early and short fiction, to One Hundred Years of Solitude, through to Of Love and Other Demons. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137513366
ISBN
9781137513366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.69

Hardcover. This volume contains a survey of prose writing - novels, plays, journalism - produced in Ireland between 1922 and 1939. All quotations are given in English with original Irish in notes. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558132
ISBN
9781904558132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 78.86

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642468
ISBN
9780691642468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 209.75

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614885
ISBN
9780691614885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 55.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509812356
ISBN
9781509812356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.81

Paperback. Focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. This title explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this crisis, ranging from the death of John W Campbell Jr, to the start of the science magazine "Omni", and the first dreams of the internet. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 528 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846310034
ISBN
9781846310034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.22

Paperback. Born in 1931, the illegitimate child of an abandoned mother, Thomas Bernhard was brought up by an eccentric grandmother and adored grandfather. He ran away from home at 15 and at 18, was put in a hospital ward for the old and terminally ill when he caught pneumonia. This volume tells his story. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099442530
ISBN
9780099442530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Hardback. This book gathers together twelve essays on Faulkner's "Intruder in the Dust", which he termed "a mystery-murder." These essays provide resources to teachers who wish to assign this text, as well as food for thought and discussion to individual readers and scholars of Faulkner. Editor(s): Gresset, Michel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916101466
ISBN
9780916101466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.44

Paperback. A collection of in-depth analytical interviews with twelve of the best-known gay novelists writing in English today, including Armistead Maupin, David Leavitt, Alan Garganus, and others. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116954
ISBN
9780231116954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137536655
ISBN
9781137536655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.90

Hardback. A nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596. Egypt 1892-2007. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. 224 pages. A nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 155 x 239 x 22. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639267
ISBN
9780748639267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.78
€ 119.62

Hardback. This book examines late 19th-century feminism in relation to technologies of the time, marking the crucial role of technology in social and literary struggles for equality. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474416269
ISBN
9781474416269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 103.20

Hardcover. This volume is an exploration of the innovative ways in which history, both as a narration of events and the events themselves, has been dealt with by three generations of women writers in modern Italy. The works of Anna Banti, Maria Bellonci, Dacia Maraini and Silvana La Spina are examined. Editor(s): Marotti, Maria Ornella; Brooke, Gabriella. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 0. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838637715
ISBN
9780838637715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.27

Hardback. This book should be of interest to students and scholars of comparative literature, world literature, and the history and theory of the modern novel. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414355
ISBN
9781421414355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 51.62

Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536259
ISBN
9781557536259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

hardcover. Michael Anesko explores Henry James's efforts to correct 'mistakes' that he later perceived in his books as first printed. He focuses on two of Henry James's most important texts, The Portrait of a Lady (1881) and The Ambassadors (1903), and the ways in which both betray (in very peculiar ways) the fallibility of James himself. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198794882
ISBN
9780198794882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838633205
ISBN
9780838633205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.05

Paperback. * A fascinating insight into the contradictions between Eliot's private life and her writings Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 8. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084982
ISBN
9781844084982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333281017
ISBN
9780333281017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.86
€ 55.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636566
ISBN
9780691636566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

Hardback. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857289681
ISBN
9780857289681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

Hardback. Ranging over all George Eliot's fiction and drawing as well on her letters, essays, and translations, in this book the distinguished critic Neil Hertz documents Eliot's lifelong questioning of the nature of authorship and of what it might mean, in the language of one of her early letters, for her "not simply to be, but to utter." Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743891
ISBN
9780804743891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.68

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