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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. Born into the oppressive, colonialist society of 1930s Jamaica, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty and sensuality. After their marriage, however, disturbing rumours begin to circulate which poison her husband against her. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141182858
ISBN
9780141182858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.97

Paperback. Originally published in 1987, The Key to 'The Name of the Rose' remains the only commentary on Umberto Eco's historical novel available in English. With over twenty translations of The Name of the Rose available there was a great need for commentaries in other languages. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472086214
ISBN
9780472086214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.53

Paperback. An examination of Joyce as one of the greatest modern writers, and a study of his life in relation to his four great books: "Dubliners", "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", "Ulysses" and "Finnegans Wake". Photographs of Joyce, his family and his surroundings cover all phases of his life. Series: Thames & Hudson Literary Lives. Num Pages: 144 pages, 124 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 182 x 9. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500260180
ISBN
9780500260180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.55

Hardcover. Series: The Dickens Companions. Num Pages: 576 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helm Information Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873403853
ISBN
9781873403853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.17

Paperback. This third Norton Critical Edition of Hardy's last novel has been revised to reflect the breadth of responses it has received over the last fifteen years. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393937527
ISBN
9780393937527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Exploring the narratives that orient the lives of women scholars Editor(s): Hearne, Betsy; Hearne, Betsy Gould; Trites, Roberta Seelinger. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076114
ISBN
9780252076114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardcover. Tenth volume in the Dickens Companions series, offering comprehensive annotation of the novel Dombey and Son. Series: The Dickens Companions. Num Pages: 592 pages, 21 black & white plates. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381274
ISBN
9781781381274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.41

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252079160
ISBN
9780252079160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.10

Hardback. Editor(s): Knight, Franklin W. Translator(s): Hurley, Andrew. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 3JB; DSBD; DSK; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hackett Pub Co
Number of pages
129
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206267
ISBN
9780872206267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

Paperback. A biography of the great 18th-century novelist, Tobias Smollett, by the author of "Cyril Connolly: A Life". It is filled with curious details from the worlds of publishing, medicine, politics and literary life. Num Pages: 316 pages, 8 pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9780712667784
ISBN
9780712667784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 6.23

Hardcover. A pioneering, interdisciplinary study of how transnational novelists and critics use music as a critical device to structure narrative and to model ethical relations. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: AV; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781781380307
ISBN
9781781380307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. A penetrating study of the life and writings of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage , by one of America's greatest poets and critics. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815411154
ISBN
9780815411154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813562155
ISBN
9780813562155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

Hardcover. Series: The Dickens Companions. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Helm Information Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873403570
ISBN
9781873403570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.05

Paperback. Dickens had everything - fame, success and riches - but he died harbouring a deep sadness he had experienced all his life. He was a man of mercurial character, but he also had a sense of loss and longing that would constantly appear in his work. This title takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
9780099437093
ISBN
9780099437093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. A biography of Virginia Woolf which moves freely between a detailed life-story and attempts to understand significant questions. She is presented as occupying a distinct and even uneasy position within the Bloomsbury Set, and also as a radically sceptical, subversive, courageous feminist. Num Pages: 912 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099732518
ISBN
9780099732518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.29

Hardback. An annotated bibliography to the criticism of the work of James Fenimore Cooper, regarded as a pioneer in the development of the American social and political novel. The material is divided into broad subject categories and, where appropriate, subdivided by the Cooper work in question. Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in American Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; GBCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313279195
ISBN
9780313279195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.90

Paperback. Translator(s): Johnston, Ian. Series: Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554812240
ISBN
9781554812240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482557
ISBN
9780801482557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

paperback. In late 1995 and early 1996, cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco travelled four times to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area during the Bosnian War. Still surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, the mainly Muslim people of Gorazde had endured heavy attacks to hang on to their town. This book presents a snapshot of these people. Num Pages: 236 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; AKLC; DNJ; DSK; FXZ; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
New
SKU
9780224080897
ISBN
9780224080897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.68

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