Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. Dramatically refreshing the age-old debate about the novel's origins and purpose, Kent traces the origin of the modern novel to a late medieval fascination with the wounded, and often eroticized, body of Christ. A wide range of texts help to illustrate this discovery, ranging from medieval 'Pietas' to Thomas Hardy to contemporary literary theory. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 319. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541338
- ISBN
- 9781137541338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.95
€ 117.95
Hardcover. During the Cold War, many popular American novels were labelled "middlebrow," leading to a general belief that these texts held less intellectual merit. Perrin debunks these unfair assumptions through works by James Michener, Harper Lee, and Leon Uris, arguing that such writers made a major contribution to the tradition of American literature. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541307
- ISBN
- 9781137541307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Hardcover. A study of Graham Greene's fiction from the perspective of ethics and community, focusing on the narrative pattern that emerges from the author's idiosyncratic use of keywords like peace, despair, compassion or commitment. This book explores their potential for the textual articulation of narrative conflict and the dramatization of the ethical. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540102
- ISBN
- 9781137540102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. Moving away from traditional studies of Gothic domesticity based on symbolism, Soon instead focuses on domestic space's material presence and the traces it leaves on the human subjects inhabiting it. Approaching novels and films such as Beloved and The Exorcist, this study intersects psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and various spatial theories. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137536815
- ISBN
- 9781137536815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.90
€ 139.90
Hardcover. This book offers a much-needed study of the Victorian novel's role in representing and shaping the service sector's emergence. Arguing that prior accounts of the novel's relation to the rise of finance have missed the emergence of a wider service sector, it traces the effects of service work's many forms and class positions in the Victorian novel. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; KCZ; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137525505
- ISBN
- 9781137525505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Hardback. Editor(s): Downes, Daragh; Ferguson, Trish. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 273 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518224
- ISBN
- 9781137518224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.31
€ 138.31
Hardback. Num Pages: 229 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513076
- ISBN
- 9781137513076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardcover. Approaching the question of how male novelists perceive their female characters, this collection of creative yet analytic literary essays unwinds the complexities of male authorship versus narration. Mark Axelrod looks at a wide range of male authors including Fydor Dostoevsky, D.H. Lawrence, Carlos Fuentes, and the theories of Jacques Lacan. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137507259
- ISBN
- 9781137507259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506306
- ISBN
- 9781137506306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. This book argues that there are a number of contemporary novels that challenge the reductive 'us and them' binaries that have been prevalent not only in politics and the global media since 9/11, but also in many works within the emerging genre of '9/11 fiction' itself. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137506177
- ISBN
- 9781137506177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. This study analyses four new genres of literature and film that have evolved to accommodate and negotiate the changing face of postcolonial Britain since 1990: British Muslim Bildungsromane, gothic tales of postcolonial England, the subcultural urban novel and multicultural British comedy. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; APFA; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137505217
- ISBN
- 9781137505217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.01
€ 162.01
Hardcover. In this work, Alan McCluskey explores materialism, in its many conceptual forms, in the contemporary cosmopolitan novel. The author applies a 'cosmopolitan materialist' lens to the novels of Caryl Phillips, J. M. Coetzee, and Philip Roth: three contemporary authors who hail from different parts of the world and produce highly dissimilar novels. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503374
- ISBN
- 9781137503374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503190
- ISBN
- 9781137503190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.10
€ 117.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 201 pages, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502889
- ISBN
- 9781137502889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.49
€ 100.49
Hardcover. This book examines Thomas De Quincey's notion of the unconscious in the light of modern cognitive science and nineteenth-century science. It challenges Freudian theories as the default methodology in order to understand De Quincey's oeuvre and the unconscious in literature more generally. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501073
- ISBN
- 9781137501073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. This book traces the literary friendship between Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells from their early correspondence through to the differences that caused their estrangement, including their respective responses to the First World War. It thus gives an overview of the literary scene in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137500113
- ISBN
- 9781137500113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. Transport in British Fiction is the first essay collection devoted to transport and its various types-horse, train, tram, cab, omnibus, bicycle, ship, car, air and space-as represented in British fiction across a century of unprecedented technological change that was as destabilizing as it was progressive. Editor(s): Gavin, Adrienne E.; Humphries, Andrew F. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; WG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499035
- ISBN
- 9781137499035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Hardcover. Jane Austen wrote when sociology was being established as the new discipline to understand social issues such as urbanization and industrialization. Drawing on landmark sociologists such as Durkheim and Bourdieu, this study argues that the novels of Austen were heavily influenced by these early developments in sociology. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137496010
- ISBN
- 9781137496010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed cities. The contributors to this collection explore literary urban peripheries through readings of literature from four continents and numerous cities. Editor(s): Ameel, Lieven; Finch, Jason; Salmela, Markku. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492876
- ISBN
- 9781137492876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.81
€ 128.81
Hardback. Italian scholar, novelist, journalist, and philosopher Claudio Magris is among the most prominent of living European intellectuals. This study is the first comprehensive critical analysis of Magris's corpus for an English-speaking audience and addresses the crucial question of the return to humanism that is moving literature and theory forward. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 148 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492623
- ISBN
- 9781137492623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.51€ 46.73
€ 52.51
€ 46.73
Hardcover. James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction is a study of all of Ellroy's key works, from his debut novel Brown's Requiem to the epic Underworld USA trilogy. This book traces the development of Ellroy's writing style and the importance of his Demon Dog persona to carving out his unique place in American crime fiction. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490827
- ISBN
- 9781137490827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. Oscar Wilde's wit is foundational to his works, from his plays and novels to his self-defense at his trials. This book is a comprehensive account of Oscar Wilde's wit that focuses on discovering reasons for his critical success and ongoing legacy. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488480
- ISBN
- 9781137488480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. When it comes to James Joyce's landmark work, Ulysses, the influence of three literary giants, Homer, Shakespeare, and Dante, cannot be overlooked. Examining Joyce in terms of Homeric narrative, Dantesque structure, and Shakespearean plot, Weir rediscovers Joyce's novel through the lens of his renowned predecessors. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488404
- ISBN
- 9781137488404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.43
€ 151.43
Hardcover. This volume offers an introductory overview to the short stories of Katherine Mansfield, discussing a wide range of her most famous stories from different viewpoints. The book elaborates on Mansfield's themes and techniques, thereby guiding the reader - via close textual analysis - to an understanding of the author's modernist techniques. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137483874
- ISBN
- 9781137483874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.23
€ 83.23