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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. Takes a wry look at middle-class sexual mores and a witty appreciation of the art of the hack novel. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330136
- ISBN
- 9780820330136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.25
€ 25.99
€ 24.25
Hardcover. This study examines Herman Mellville's search for literary strategies compatible with egalitarian, democratic and multicultural values. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820316826
- ISBN
- 9780820316826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.96
€ 48.96
Hardcover. These essays examine the proliferation of stylistic acts and experiments in science fiction and fantasy and assess the genre's revolutionary qualities, its reordering of narrative priorities, inversion of consecrated categories, and elevation of "minor" devices. Editor(s): Slusser, George Edgar; Rabkin, Eric S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820314556
- ISBN
- 9780820314556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.96
€ 53.96
paperback. Editor(s): Swanson, Philip. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138804180
- ISBN
- 9781138804180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415688017
- ISBN
- 9780415688017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
paperback. First published in 1985, this volume of letters follows Susanna Moodie from her Suffolk girlhood and her experience as an aspiring young writer in London, through her emigration to Upper Canada and five decades of Canadian life. Editor(s): Hopkins, Elizabeth; Peterman, Michael. Num Pages: 590 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802071996
- ISBN
- 9780802071996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.95
€ 44.99
€ 39.95
hardcover. As for Sinclair Ross is the story of a remarkable writer whose works continue to challenge us and are rightly considered classics of Canadian literature. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 350 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802043887
- ISBN
- 9780802043887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Writing to Delight: Italian Short Stories by Nineteenth-Century Women ...
. Ed(S): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella
hardcover. Writing to Delight also serves as an instrument for a critical investigation of both the cultural productions of nineteenth-century Italy and the process of formation of modern Italian identities. Editor(s): Arslan, Antonia; Romani, Gabriella. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; DN; DSBF; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802038746
- ISBN
- 9780802038746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.27
€ 101.27
hardcover. Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBD; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802046994
- ISBN
- 9780802046994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.41
€ 79.41
hardcover. Treating poverty not simply as a theme in literature but as a force that in fact shapes the texts themselves, Rimstead adopts the notion of a common culture to include ordinary voices in national culture, in this case the national culture of Canada. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSK; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802044945
- ISBN
- 9780802044945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
hardcover. Grazia Deledda's Dance of Modernity is a highly original and innovative interpretation of Deledda's narrative in philosophical perspective, which also includes the study of textual variations and considers cultural history in Italy during the early twentieth century. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098313
- ISBN
- 9780802098313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
hardcover. Ethel Wilson: A Critical Biography is the story of a distinguished writer whose works are rightly considered classics of Canadian literature. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780802087416
- ISBN
- 9780802087416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.69
€ 70.69
Hardback. Series: Clemson University Press. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Clemson University Digital Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942954231
- ISBN
- 9781942954231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.68
€ 142.68
Paperback. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885445308
- ISBN
- 9781885445308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
hardcover. Features the essays that investigate both contemporary and historical practices of representing sexualities and genders in science fiction literature. This title includes discussions about sextrapolation in New Wave science fiction, stray penetration in William Gibson's cyberpunk fiction, and the queering of nature in ecofeminist science fiction. Editor(s): Pearson, Wendy Gay; Hollinger, Veronica; Gordon, Joan. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311352
- ISBN
- 9781846311352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.05
€ 142.05
Hardback. Investigates H G Wells' interest in cinema and related media technologies, by placing it back into the contemporary cultural and scientific contexts giving rise to them. This book accounts for the specifically (proto)cinematic techniques and concerns of Wells' texts. It focuses on contemporary film-making in dialogue with his ideas. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846310591
- ISBN
- 9781846310591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.32
€ 142.32
hardcover. Literary Celebrity in Canada explores that space, drawing on current theories of celebrity and questioning their tendency to view fame as an empty phenomenon. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSK; JFCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802092823
- ISBN
- 9780802092823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.18
€ 50.18
hardcover. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780802090850
- ISBN
- 9780802090850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.43
€ 83.43
hardcover. Beyond Spectacle will cement Haywood's deservedly prominent place in the canon of eighteenth-century fiction and position her as a writer whose work speaks not only to female agency, but to eighteenth-century writers, gender relations, and power politics as well. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035400
- ISBN
- 9780802035400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.88
€ 62.88
Paperback. Robert Brasillach was executed in 1945 for what he wrote during the Nazi occupation of France. The author raises the question of whether he was condemned for his writing, or singled out as a homosexual; and why he was shot, when those responsible for the murder of thousands were set free. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226424156
- ISBN
- 9780226424156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.08
€ 31.99
€ 25.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Checkmark Books
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816078608
- ISBN
- 9780816078608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
Margaret Garner: The Premiere Performances of Toni Morrison's Libretto
La Vinia Delois . Ed(S): Jennings
hardcover. Editor(s): Jennings, La Vinia Delois. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938677
- ISBN
- 9780813938677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Hardback. Series: Modern Masters of Science Fiction. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040634
- ISBN
- 9780252040634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. In an exposition of writer S.Y. Abramovitsh, this work shows the symbolic importance of his central character, Mendele the Bookseller, and explores the history of Yiddish fiction in Russia during the 19th century. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 373 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2ACY; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815603306
- ISBN
- 9780815603306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.72
€ 24.72