Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. This text argues that the popular genre of Jewish detective stories offers insights into the construction of ethnic and religious identity. It examines these stories not only as a genre of literature but also as a reflection of contemporary acculturation in the American Jewish popular arts. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press New Jersey
- Edition
- NULL
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813533698
- ISBN
- 9780813533698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.03
€ 54.03
Inside Angels & Demons: The Story Behind the International Bestseller
Burstein, Dan, de Keijzer, Arne
An unauthorized tie-in to the Ron Howard blockbuster movie Angels & Demons, based on the Dan Brown bestseller, starring Tom Hanks and Naomi Watts, to be a major motion picture releasing in May 2009 Editor(s): Burstein, Dan; de Keijzer, Arne; Shugarts, David A; Berger, Paul; Bernstein, Peter; Swan, Annalyn. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Carousel Press,US
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KIN0006717
- ISBN
- 9781593154899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Though "Moby-Dick" is one of the most-discussed and most-read works of American literature, the influence of the Bible has been overlooked in many contemporary studies of the novel. This book illuminates Melville's abiding preoccupation with the problem of evil and the pervasive role of the Bible in shaping his iconic work. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804644
- ISBN
- 9780875804644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.58
€ 140.58
Paperback. In her detailed readings of a wide range of Indian writers - including Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Anita Nair, Jhumpa Lahiri, and many others, the author focuses on domestic spaces in women's fiction. The house is not merely a backdrop, but often almost a character itself, one that bears witness to the changes in the protagonists' lives. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zubaan Books
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789383074730
- ISBN
- 9789383074730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.31
€ 37.31
Hardback. This volume provides a combined index to the first 20 volumes of Index of Middle English Prose. In the absence of a searchable electronic database version of this series, it will be an essential tool for all researchers in this area. Indexes of incipits and excipits are provided, together with author and title indexes and general subject indexes. Editor(s): Rand, Kari Anne. Series: Index of Middle English Prose. Num Pages: 612 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843832
- ISBN
- 9781843843832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.33
€ 251.33
hardcover. Although the events of Selma and Birmingham are burned into the nation's consciousness, little has been written about the civil rights events in the surrounding counties, the vast sections of the rural south. Cynthia Fleming addresses this gap by bringing to light the struggle for equality of the citizens of Wilcox County, Alabama. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSW; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508101
- ISBN
- 9780742508101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.36
€ 181.36
Paperback. Although the events of Selma and Birmingham are burned into the nation's consciousness, little has been written about the civil rights events in the surrounding counties, the vast sections of the rural south. Cynthia Fleming addresses this gap by bringing to light the struggle for equality of the citizens of Wilcox County, Alabama. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSW; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508118
- ISBN
- 9780742508118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. "This volume is comprised of the second set of select essays which were presented in their early versions at a conference entitled "Conrad's Polish-Ukrainian Footprints," the Fourth International Joseph Conrad Conference"--P. 1. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336819
- ISBN
- 9780880336819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.02
€ 21.99
€ 18.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 black and white & 9 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625342225
- ISBN
- 9781625342225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99
€ 41.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497979
- ISBN
- 9781558497979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.43
€ 43.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, notes, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 249 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850365535
- ISBN
- 9780850365535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.47
€ 21.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157636
- ISBN
- 9780231157636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.65
€ 36.99
€ 27.65
Hardcover. Deals with the Lucian's "Philopseudes or Lover of Lies". This book comprises a discussion, with translation, on this engaging and satirical Greek text with its ten tales of magic and ghosts. One of these is the famous story of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", and this conveys the flavour of the rest. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125166
- ISBN
- 9781905125166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.63
€ 80.63
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879723569
- ISBN
- 9780879723569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.76
€ 13.99
€ 13.76
Paperback. There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer's canon as Jamaica Kincaid's mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid's efforts to free herself from her mother. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938462
- ISBN
- 9780813938462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.70
€ 36.70
Hardcover. There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer's canon as Jamaica Kincaid's mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid's efforts to free herself from her mother. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938448
- ISBN
- 9780813938448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.52
€ 114.52
Paperback. This revealing new biography opens Anne's most private life to a new audience and shows the true nature of her relationships with her siblings, in particular with her sister Charlotte. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JH; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750982375
- ISBN
- 9780750982375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.35
€ 17.99
€ 14.35
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747571124
- ISBN
- 9780747571124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.07
€ 19.99
€ 16.07
Paperback. Margaret Atwood's fascinating account of her lifelong relationship with science and speculative fiction. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Virago Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844087556
- ISBN
- 9781844087556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. In this autobiographical work, the author remembers his childhood in Warsaw, and especially the "bet din", or Jewish Court, in his father's home on working-class Krochmalna Street. In a world on the brink of modernity, Singer's gentle parents maintain a stubbornly traditional existence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099422662
- ISBN
- 9780099422662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.86
€ 20.99
€ 16.86
Hardcover. An encyclopedic introduction to French Jewish literature as it has emerged since the late 1960s. This book provides an analysis of French Jewish authors born after the Shoal, and traces the development of the rich agenda of jeune litterature juive (young Jewish writing) from its beginnings in the late 1970s, into the 1980s and 1990s. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 264 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630890
- ISBN
- 9780815630890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.82
€ 44.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442630802
- ISBN
- 9781442630802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.82
€ 35.99
€ 32.82
Hardback. Priya Joshi demonstrates how a paradoxical legacy has shaped the works of Indian writers such as Krupa Satthianadhan, Ahmed Ali and Salman Rushdie, a process she calls the "indigenization" of the English novel. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231125840
- ISBN
- 9780231125840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 90.70
€ 117.61
€ 90.70
Paperback. This work explores the multiple tensions at the core of American writer Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's life and work. The book traces Freeman's evolution as a writer, showing how her work offers a feminist analysis of the lives of 19th-century American women. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558490284
- ISBN
- 9781558490284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.38
€ 38.38