Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to the medieval languages and texts that inspired Tolkien's Middle-earth. Using key episodes in The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, medieval texts are presented in their original language with translations. Essential for those who wish to delve deeper into the background to Tolkien's mythology. Num Pages: 398 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454690
- ISBN
- 9781137454690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 146.96
€ 146.96
Hardback. A nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596. Egypt 1892-2007. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. 224 pages. A nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 155 x 239 x 22. Weight: 596.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639267
- ISBN
- 9780748639267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.78€ 119.62
€ 124.78
€ 119.62
Paperback. The enchanting true story of Stephenie Meyer, the Queen of Twilight. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KAK0002952
- ISBN
- 9781844549368
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. One of Charles Dickens' most exciting novels, "A Tale of Two Cities", blends a moving love story with the familiar figures of the Revolution - Bastille prisoners, a starving Parisian mob, and an indolent aristocracy. This title offers a guide to the novel. Editor(s): Glancy, Ruth. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415287609
- ISBN
- 9780415287609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.84
€ 40.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. This guide has been specifically written for AS and A2 students and is filled with in-depth analysis on contexts, character, key themes and critical perspectives. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 295 x 5. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447913214
- ISBN
- 9781447913214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Hardcover. A multinational perspective runs through this volume, which focuses on dynamic trends in feminist science fiction. The contributions include discussions of such issues as race, gender, cyberfeminism, the media, and new writers in the field. Editor(s): Barr, Marleen S. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- KDenn
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847691258
- ISBN
- 9780847691258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.55
€ 173.55
Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Num Pages: 776 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150185
- ISBN
- 9780691150185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Hardback. This book draws on a range of critical approaches, including cultural anthropology, psychoanalytic theory, political justice theory, and feminist theory, to consider the ways that strategies of death denial and their compensatory consolations offer insight into the ethical, gender, and religious questions raised by Hawthorne's novels. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602908
- ISBN
- 9780230602908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 34.67
€ 95.06
€ 34.67
Hardback. An anthology of modern Arabic fictional arts, featuring more than one hundred and forty writers from Oman to Mauritania. It features selections ranging from the work of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century authors, such as the historical epics of the Christian Lebanese writer Jurji Zaydan, to the novels of Naguib Mahfouz. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DQ; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1816.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1064
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132541
- ISBN
- 9780231132541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.79€ 107.60
€ 143.79
€ 107.60
Paperback. Rather, it is a collection of episodic little histories. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419855
- ISBN
- 9781421419855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.86
€ 46.99
€ 38.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322615
- ISBN
- 9780940322615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.28
€ 24.99
€ 18.28
Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Pearson York Notes
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582823068
- ISBN
- 9780582823068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. As a wave of open misogyny swept through French literature and society, a new generation of professional women writers took up pen to redress the situation. This book analyzes and challenges the way in which these women writers have been marginalized and offers reappraisals of their thematically and aesthetically innovative works. Series: Berg French Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers Oxford
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KRS0018107
- ISBN
- 9781859731185
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Modernism, Fashion and Women's Writing deliberately works against conventional notions of historical periodisation and challenges conceptions that pit modernist elitism against middlebrow consumerism as mutually defining opposites. It draws on material from writers personal and professional archives to tell the stories of five women novelists. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474427425
- ISBN
- 9781474427425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.23
€ 38.99
€ 35.23
Hardback. Riddles are threaded through The Hobbit, and are key to Tolkien's creative imagination. The Riddles of The Hobbit situates this novel and the rest of Tolkien's writing in the context of Old English riddling culture, and more modern day examples; it sets out to solve the many riddles of the novel in original and often surprising ways. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373632
- ISBN
- 9781137373632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.79
€ 37.79
Hardback. This book presents a unique analysis of letter writing in the Middle Islamic period. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748633739
- ISBN
- 9780748633739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.21
€ 140.21
Paperback. Few literary genres can expand the boundaries of our imagination as much as science fiction. The Science Fiction Handbook offers a comprehensive historical survey of literary works of science fiction and its most popular sub-genres. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162067
- ISBN
- 9781405162067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.23
€ 37.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138827141
- ISBN
- 9781138827141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 29.38
€ 48.99
€ 29.38
Hardback. Representations of animality continue to proliferate in various kinds of literary and cultural texts. This pioneering volume explores the critical interface between animal and animality studies, marking out the terrain in relation to 20th-century literature and film. Editor(s): Lundblad, Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400022
- ISBN
- 9781474400022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 107.92
€ 112.89
€ 107.92
Hardback. This broad-ranging survey considers the importance of the Western in American history. It explores the interconnections between the Western (in literature, film and history) and America in the 20th century Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621408
- ISBN
- 9780748621408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.78€ 118.50
€ 124.78
€ 118.50
Paperback. This volume provides an annotated critical edition of Galdos' Tristana (1892). Set in fin de siecle Madrid, this unique text reflects upon the ruling elites' political appropriation and exploitation of feminism and the human rights movement, and a variety of literary and philosophical issues associated with late-romantic thought. Editor(s): Valdivia, Pablo. Series Editor(s): Davies, Catherine. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099212
- ISBN
- 9780719099212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.07
€ 29.07
Paperback. The author's childhood was warm, bright and serene. The Hampstead and Lancing schooldays which followed were sometimes agreeable, but often not. His life at Oxford - which he evokes in Brideshead Revisited - was essentially a catalogue of friendship. This title presents a portrait of his recollection of those hedonistic days. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140183092
- ISBN
- 9780140183092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. The most supportive, easy-to-use and focussed literature guides to help your students understand the texts they are studying at GCSE and A Level Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582823044
- ISBN
- 9780582823044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.36
€ 11.36
Paperback. A first volume of memoirs, revisiting the South Africa of half a century ago, of a boy growing up in a small country town with a father he could not respect and a mother he adored. Coetzee evokes the tensions, delights and terrors of childhood, in a world of unexplained rules he knew he must obey. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099268277
- ISBN
- 9780099268277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.77
€ 15.99
€ 11.77