Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. Editor(s): White, Jeffrey A. Translator(s): White, Jeffrey A. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 211 x 37. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017436
- ISBN
- 9780674017436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.24
€ 40.99
€ 33.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403922014
- ISBN
- 9781403922014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.67
€ 44.99
€ 37.67
Hardcover. Explores the relationship between touching and writing in contemporary literature. This title provides a timely intervention in the field, investigating the different ways that literary texts make contact with or 'touch' their readers. It explores literary touch in the work of often neglected contemporary thinkers and writers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685318
- ISBN
- 9780748685318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
Hardcover. Tells a life of Scott. This title increases our knowledge of Scott's life and work as perceived by his contemporaries, and enabling us to read James Hogg's Anecdotes in their original context. It provides a hitherto unknown contemporary perspective on Sir Walter Scott's life and work. Editor(s): Grader, Daniel. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 240 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408. 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Grader, Daniel. Tells a life of Scott. This title increases our knowledge of Scott's life and work as perceived by his contemporaries, and enabling us to read James Hogg's Anecdotes in their original context. It provides a hitherto unknown contemporary perspective on Sir Walter Scott's life and work. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 167 x 240 x 15. Weight: 408.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748669912
- ISBN
- 9780748669912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.56
€ 105.84
€ 101.56
Hardcover. Opening up the field of diasporic Anglo-Arab literature to critical debate, this reference companion spans from the first Arab novel in 1911 right up to the present day. It guides students through the set novels on Anglo-Arab literature courses, and sophisticated critical analyses of the major Anglo-Arab novelists, for advanced scholars. Editor(s): Gana, Nouri. Num Pages: 516 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 516
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685530
- ISBN
- 9780748685530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.65€ 156.28
€ 164.65
€ 156.28
Paperback. In this, his second book about the essence and depth of Samuel Beckett's thinking and literary art, John Calder analyses the dualism of Beckett's theological writing, his debt to the Gnostics, Manichaeism and Geulincx in particular, the presence of ghosts in his work, and why his late writing has received so little attention. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714543833
- ISBN
- 9780714543833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.16
€ 13.99
€ 13.16
Hardcover. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644612
- ISBN
- 9780748644612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.56
€ 105.84
€ 101.56
Hardback. This book explores the ways in which a range of recent American novelists have handled the genre of the 'coming-of-age' novel. Novels of this genre characteristically dramatise the vicissitudes of growing up and the trials and tribulations of young adulthood. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621736
- ISBN
- 9780748621736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.01€ 139.88
€ 147.01
€ 139.88
Hardback. Lively and specially commissioned chapters cover the entire range of Kelman's writing - including novels, short stories, essays, polemics and plays - and the vigorous debates it has provoked. Editor(s): Hames, Scott. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639632
- ISBN
- 9780748639632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 95.56
€ 99.96
€ 95.56
Paperback. Focusing on Annie Ernaux's writing trajectory, this title provides an analysis of Ernaux's individual texts. It highlights the contradictions and nuances in her writing, and demonstrates the intellectual intricacies of her literary project. Series: Modern French Writers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853235477
- ISBN
- 9780853235477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Hardback. This book explores the idea that modern, Western secular cultures have retained a belief in the concept of Hell as an event or experience of endless or unjust suffering.The wide range of texts discussed, include Primo Levi, W.G. Sebald, and Alasdair Gray. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617630
- ISBN
- 9780748617630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.49€ 118.01
€ 123.49
€ 118.01
Paperback. Explores the way Virginia Woolf used essay-writing techniques to develop her conception of the modern novel. This book includes revisionary accounts of A Room of One's Own (1929) and Three Guineas (1938), and new readings of Woolf's major and less well-known novels, including The Pargiters, her failed 'essay-novel'. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694105
- ISBN
- 9780748694105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.10
€ 32.99
€ 29.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 coloUr. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837637045
- ISBN
- 9783837637045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.80
€ 48.99
€ 34.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Dow, William; Craven, Professor Alice Mikal; Nakamura, Yoko. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501312694
- ISBN
- 9781501312694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.41
€ 36.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. The Edinburgh Companion to the Victorian Gothic is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory. Editor(s): Hughes, William. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642496
- ISBN
- 9780748642496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 107.06
€ 111.73
€ 107.06
Hardcover. Provides fresh reflections on literary influence using Katherine Mansfield as a case study. This title helps in understanding this impetus for artistic production through an examination of authors wide net of literary associations. Editor(s): Harvey, Melinda; Ailwood, Sarah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694419
- ISBN
- 9780748694419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
Hardback. This book identifies and interprets the longstanding, transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBS; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625482
- ISBN
- 9780748625482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 107.06
€ 111.73
€ 107.06
Hardback. A highly original exploration of Joyce's engagement with sexual questions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 394. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- SKU
- KSG0016013
- ISBN
- 9780521248112
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 36.00
€ 36.00
Paperback. This text describes children's fiction about Native Americans and explains the cultural contexts of each work. It provides a balanced discussion of the portrayal of native peoples and customs in children's literature, taking into account that some publications have been inaccurate. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; YFB; YQEF. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897747820
- ISBN
- 9780897747820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.68
€ 46.99
€ 38.68
Hardback. This highly original book explores whether globalisation might now be prompting a sub-genre of the novel adept at imagining global community. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638154
- ISBN
- 9780748638154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 107.06
€ 111.73
€ 107.06
Paperback. Elizabeth English explores the aesthetic dilemma prompted by the censorship of Radclyffe Hall's novel The Well of Loneliness in 1928. Faced with legal and financial reprisals, women writers were forced to question how they might represent lesbian identity and desire. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474424493
- ISBN
- 9781474424493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.86
€ 38.99
€ 34.86
Paperback. Franz Kafka is one of the most widely taught, and read, writers in world literature. Readers encountering texts like "The Metamorphosis" and "The Trial" for the first time are frequently perplexed by his often intentionally weird writing. This guide helps the reader understand why and how perplexity has been deliberately created by Kafka's texts. Series: Guides for the Perplexed. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826495808
- ISBN
- 9780826495808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.36
€ 29.99
€ 25.36
Hardback. This collection shows how Cormac McCarthy's The Road reacts aesthetically to many of the ethical, ontological, and political concerns that define our times. Editor(s): Steven, Mark; Murphet, Julian. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441169341
- ISBN
- 9781441169341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.13€ 125.03
€ 141.13
€ 125.03
Paperback. Why have theorists approached narrative primarily as a form of retrospect? Mark Currie argues that anticipation and other forms of projection into the future are vital for an understanding of narrative and its effects in the world. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642465
- ISBN
- 9780748642465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.52
€ 32.99
€ 27.52