Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
This cutting-edge Companion is a comprehensive resource for the study of the modern American novel. Published at a time when literary modernism is being thoroughly reassessed, it reflects current investigations into the origins and character of the movement as a whole. Editor(s): Matthews, John T. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206873
- ISBN
- 9780631206873
Condition: New
€ 267.35
€ 267.35
This collection offers students and scholars of Eliot s work a timely critical reappraisal of her corpus, including her poetry and non-fiction, reflecting the latest developments in literary criticism. Editor(s): Anderson, Amanda; Shaw, Harry E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655993
- ISBN
- 9780470655993
Condition: New
€ 225.63
€ 225.63
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780452298156
- ISBN
- 9780452298156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.54
€ 17.99
€ 15.54
Hardcover. "Stanley Corngold's translation is a triumph. This is a glorious achievement, a Werther for the ages."-Christopher Prendergast Translator(s): Corngold, Stanley. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393079388
- ISBN
- 9780393079388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.94
€ 24.99
€ 21.94
Paperback. A collection of sixteen retrospectives which include interviews with some of America's greatest writers as well short literary works and an assortment of their personal photographs spanning several decades of their lives. Editor(s): McElroy, Colleen J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985183
- ISBN
- 9780295985183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.73
€ 39.73
Paperback. Examines the representation and staging of chance in literature through the work of the French writer Georges Perec. This book explores the ways in which Perec's texts exploit the possibilities of chance, by both tapping into its creative potential and controlling its operation. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125315
- ISBN
- 9780810125315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
hardcover. The classical prose essay (ku-wen) of the Tang and Sung dynasties is one of the major Chinese literary genres. This study of Ku-wen in English focuses on writers Han Y and Liu Tsung-yan of the Tang, and Ouyang Hsiu and Su Shih of the Sung. Num Pages: 252 pages, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714099
- ISBN
- 9780804714099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.05
€ 92.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 pages black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. 333pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780712697552
- ISBN
- 9780712697552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.82
€ 16.99
€ 13.82
Hardback. This volume brings together some of the influential work to be published on the Epistles of Pliny the Younger. Covering historical, (auto)biographical, and literary aspects of the Epistles and their reception, the articles offer a wide and representative range of approaches to Pliny. Editor(s): Gibson, Roy; Whitton, Christopher. Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199545940
- ISBN
- 9780199545940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.55
€ 165.55
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€ 41.01
€ 41.99
€ 41.01
Paperback. Raising key questions about race, class, sexuality, age, material culture, intellectual history, pedagogy, and gender, this book explores the myriad relationships between feminist thinking and Little Women. Editor(s): Alberghene, Janice M.; Lyon Clark, Beverly. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138798977
- ISBN
- 9781138798977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 120. Series: Scotnotes. 56 pages. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies (AS
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948877056
- ISBN
- 9780948877056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.26
€ 10.26
paperback. Focuses on European and American trial fiction since about 1880, arguing that, although generally animated by a sense of injustice, this literature reflects the virtual collapse in Western culture of the idea of a universal, or "natural", ethical law. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215102
- ISBN
- 9780823215102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.08
€ 36.99
€ 36.08
The Added Dimension. Art and Mind of Flannery O'Connor.
. Ed(S): Friedman, Melvin J.; Lawson, Lewis A...
Paperback. In such selections as The Search for Redemption, The Novelist as Prophet, An American Girl, and Flannery O'Connor's Clarity of Vision, ten critics examine the fiction of the modern American writer. Editor(s): Friedman, Melvin J.; Lawson, Lewis A. Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823207114
- ISBN
- 9780823207114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.06
€ 41.99
€ 37.06
hardcover. Harriet Martineau: Authorship, Society and Empire is a new book of essays by distinguished US and UK scholars on this most influential and prolific of Victorian writers and thinkers. Editor(s): Dzelzainis, Ella; Kaplan, Cora. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081330
- ISBN
- 9780719081330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.99
€ 107.99
Hardback. Volume 4 of The Oxford History of the Novel in English traces the dramatic changes in British and Irish fiction from the long novels of the 1880s to the 'paperback revolution' of the 1930s. It explores both the process of modernist experimentation and the work of novelists who registered the social and cultural impact of modernity. Editor(s): Parrinder, Patrick; Gasiorek, Professor Andrzej. Series: Oxford History of the Novel in English. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 180 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199559336
- ISBN
- 9780199559336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.66
€ 240.66
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€ 41.05
€ 41.99
€ 41.05
paperback. In this study of British realism, the author explains how fiction entered into a relationship with the new popular art of Victorian photography that transformed the world into a picture. She contends that literary critism assumes a text is gesturing toward the real whenever it invokes a photograph. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674008014
- ISBN
- 9780674008014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.30
€ 43.99
€ 36.30
hardcover. Charles Brockden Brown's Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic illuminates the social and political influences on the nation's first professional novelist and reveals the surprising origins of one of American literature's most popular and enduring genres. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812237863
- ISBN
- 9780812237863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.21
€ 75.21
Paperback. An exuberant and entertaining biography of Charles Dickens that captures the essence of the great novelist. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007445318
- ISBN
- 9780007445318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.97
€ 16.99
€ 11.97
paperback. Editor(s): Waugh, Patricia. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564788924
- ISBN
- 9781564788924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
paperback. What qualities helped Primo Levi survive the demented laboratory of Auschwitz? What does Milan Kundera make of being denounced as a subversive writer in communist Czechoslovakia? What does Edna O'Brien think drove generations of Irish writers into exile? This book explores the importance of region, politics and history in their work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099428435
- ISBN
- 9780099428435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.27
€ 12.99
€ 10.27
paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271018942
- ISBN
- 9780271018942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.88
€ 46.99
€ 35.88
hardcover. This volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for all of Melville's works and characters, and for his family members, friends and acquaintances. It gives special attention to the 19th-century women who influenced Melville. An chronology overviews the main events in Melville's life. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 985.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313290114
- ISBN
- 9780313290114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.41
€ 93.41