Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardback. Although war memoirs constitute a rich, varied literary form, they are often dismissed by historians as unreliable. This collection of essays is the first to explore the modern war memoir, revealing the genre's surprising capacity for breadth and sophistication while remaining sensitive to the challenges it poses for scholars. Editor(s): Dwyer, Philip G. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; HBG; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333071
- ISBN
- 9781785333071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.97
€ 161.97
Paperback. No other edition so carefully assembles a wealth of contextual material, nor succeeds so admirably in drawing the reader into Stokers cultural milieu. David Glover, University of Southampton Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111360
- ISBN
- 9781551111360
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.62
€ 21.99
€ 17.62
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640624
- ISBN
- 9780691640624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.90
€ 132.90
Hardback. Broken Masculinities portrays the post-dictatorial novel of the 1970s in all its complexity, and introduces the reader to a 1968-era Turkey, a period which challenges Turkey's now reinforced Islamic image by portraying the quest for sexual liberation and critical student uprisings. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPL; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Central European University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786155225253
- ISBN
- 9786155225253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.56
€ 141.56
paperback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034451
- ISBN
- 9780231126571
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Hardcover. This work applies Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of literary discourse and the concept of "carnivalisation" to the work of Flann O'Brien. The author emphasises the political and social implications of the writings, arguing that O'Brien maintained a reflexive focus on language throughout his career. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815626657
- ISBN
- 9780815626657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
paperback. New edition of highly acclaimed book examining Darwin's work in a literary/cultural context. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 43. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034154
- ISBN
- 9780521783927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611170511
- ISBN
- 9781611170511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.02
€ 31.02
paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2009 by University of South Carolina Press. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611170184
- ISBN
- 9781611170184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.02
€ 31.02
Paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039829
- ISBN
- 9781570039829
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Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Paperback. Surveys the career of Julian Barnes - an innovative British novelist who has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize on three occasions. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 13
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038754
- ISBN
- 9781570038754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
paperback. Explores the idiosyncratic vision that permeates Heller's writings, and maps the dark terrain Heller carved out, novel by novel, with considerable verbal dazzle. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038402
- ISBN
- 9781570038402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.29
€ 32.29
Paperback. A guide to the life and work of the author of "The Remains of the Day". It reveals Ishiguro's novels to be intricately crafted, psychologically absorbing, hauntingly evocative works that betray the author's grounding not only in the literature of Japan but also in the 20th-century British and Irish masters - Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037948
- ISBN
- 9781570037948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Paperback. Carson McCullers was deemed the "find of the decade" when she appeared on the literary scene at the age of twenty-three and is best remembered for her celebrated novels "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" and "The Member of the Wedding." This book provides a balanced introductory study of her major fiction and shows her as more than a lesbian novelist. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036156
- ISBN
- 9781570036156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Paperback. "Understanding Martin Amis" is a guide to the novels, short stories and non-fiction by one of Britain's most highly acclaimed and controversial authors. James Diedrick draws on personal interviews, reviews and criticism to map the distinctive features of Martin Amis's imaginative landscape. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliographic references, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 2 New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035166
- ISBN
- 9781570035166
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Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
hardcover. This volume gathers 23 interviews with the British novelist and philosopher Dame Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) by some of the last half-century's foremost critics, academics and journalists. Gillian Dooley introduces the collection with an analysis of Murdoch's work. Editor(s): Dooley, Gillian. Num Pages: 300 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570034992
- ISBN
- 9781570034992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.44
€ 42.44
hardcover. Maintaining that Joyce is the greatest modern "interpreter" of Vico, Verene demonstrates how images from Joyce's work offer keys to Vico's philosophy. Verene presents Vico's philosophical thought as it develops in his major works, with Joyce's words and insights serving as a guide. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 625. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033924
- ISBN
- 9780300099584
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554589449
- ISBN
- 9781554589449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.74
€ 25.99
€ 23.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Sloniowski, Jeannette; Rose, Marilyn. Num Pages: 342 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; APFA; APT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554589265
- ISBN
- 9781554589265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
paperback.
This long overdue American and British anthology of detective fiction is filled with award-winning short stories, inside information on the authors who wrote them, discussions about the evolution of the genre, and significant literary criticism.
Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSK; FF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pearson United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780321195012
- ISBN
- 9780321195012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.34
€ 80.34
hardcover. Following a literary analysis of "Animal Farm", this text then examines the historical, political and literary issues raised by the novel to basic tenets of Marxism, the Russian Revolution and Josef Stalin, and the relation of George Orwell's life to the writing of the novel. Series: The Greenwood Press Literature in Context. Num Pages: 256 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Greenwood United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313302015
- ISBN
- 9780313302015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.30
€ 73.30
Conversations with John le Carre (Literary Conversations)
. Ed(S): Bruccoli, Matthew J.; Baughman, Judi...
paperback. Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J.; Baughman, Judith S. Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578066698
- ISBN
- 9781578066698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.78
€ 35.78
paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTJ8039314
- ISBN
- 9781843510475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- SEVEN STORIES PRESS United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888363371
- ISBN
- 9781888363371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.03
€ 25.99
€ 24.03