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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

hardcover. An innovative examination of Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and in English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, it analyses a body of literature that has largely been ignored by Irish literature researchers. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381199
ISBN
9781781381199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168595
ISBN
9780231168595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.67

Paperback. Translator(s): Conley, Verena Andermatt. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADP; DSBF; DSK; HPCF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 227 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816618293
ISBN
9780816618293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. "Shamela" is a parody of Samuel Richardson's "Pamela", in which a virtuous servant girl long resists her master's advances and is eventually 'rewarded' with marriage. "Joseph Andrews", Fielding's first novel, can also be seen as a response to Richardson, as the lascivious Lady Booby sets out to seduce her comically chaste servant Joseph. Editor(s): Hawley, Judith. Num Pages: 432 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0006000
ISBN
9780140433869
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. For nine years, John Dowell and his wife spend the summer season at a German spa town in the company of the respectable Ashburnhams. Behind the placid exteriors lie the destructive passions of men and women. This text includes biographical and critical apparatus. Series: Ford Madox Ford programme. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 313. 8vo. Illustrated. Near fine copy in slipcase
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The Folio Society London
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
New
SKU
KSG0022657
ISBN
9781857543001
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 35.00

Paperback. Covers Isabel Allende's three books "City of the Beasts", "Portrait in Sepia: A Novel", and "Daughter of Fortune". This book includes four interviews in which Allende discusses her spiritual adventure and political interests. Editor(s): Rodden, John. Num Pages: 324 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702110
ISBN
9780292702110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Hardcover. One of a complete set of Jane Austen's novels collating the editions published during the author's lifetime and previously unpublished manuscripts. The books are illustrated with 19th-century plates and incorporate revisions by experts in the light of subsequent research. Series: Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen. Num Pages: 446 pages, plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 125 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1963
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192547019
ISBN
9780192547019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.17

paperback. Looking back not only at author's own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099285045
ISBN
9780099285045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. This series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives to enbable students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop critical thinking. This volume explores "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Longman
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
9780582431638
ISBN
9780582431638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.69

Paperback. With "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu" Marcel Proust achieved a perfect rendering of life in art, of the past created through memory. It is both a portrait of the artist and a discovery of the aesthetic by which the portrait is painted, and it was to have a seminal influence on 20th-century literature. This title presents the life of this writer. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pimlico
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674799
ISBN
9780712674799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 2AHA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447415
ISBN
9780140447415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KSS0004963
ISBN
9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st
SKU
KKD0006315
ISBN
9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. A critical book on Virgina Woolf that places her world of class, politics, feminism, pacifism, and the family into firm historical perspective. It is a penetrating, learned, wide-ranging appreciation of Virginia Woolf in her social and political context, documenting what muscle and thought there was in her allegedly gossamer work. Num Pages: 375 pages, 2Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
375
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520061842
ISBN
9780520061842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.38

Paperback. Ever since "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, the novel has introduced British readers to truly unforgettable characters - people in whom we can find deeper understanding of our own lives. This book examines and celebrates the most famous and best-loved of these dazzling fictional creations and their wider impact on British culture as a whole. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
BBC Books
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9781846079603
ISBN
9781846079603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.75

Paperback. A detailed analysis of Proust's masterpiece, aimed at students coming to the work for the first time. Num Pages: 230 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521720069
ISBN
9780521720069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.54

Paperback. The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 316 pages. The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521669665
ISBN
9780521669665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.82

Paperback. This Companion, first published in 2001, aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work. Editor(s): Bales, Richard. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 266 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 266 pages, 2 b/w illus. Editor(s): Bales, Richard. This Companion aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521669610
ISBN
9780521669610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99

Paperback. The unhappily married Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with Swithin St Cleeve, an astronomer who is ten years her junior. Her husband's death leaves the lovers free to marry, but the discovery of a legacy forces them apart. Editor(s): Shuttleworth, Sally. Num Pages: 336 pages, map, chronology, notes,. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2BMH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435368
ISBN
9780140435368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.54

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Brozman, Owen. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 112 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
105
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389379
ISBN
9781934389379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.56

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