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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. A collection of writings from Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the most important American feminist of the early twentieth century. Includes the chilling and hugely influential 'The Yellow Wallpaper', which documents the powerless of women in Victorian marriage. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844085583
ISBN
9781844085583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardcover. John Burroughs combined scientific observation with poetic spirit in his nature writing. This collection of essays explores Burrough's life and character, as well as his role as a writer and his relationships with contemporaries including Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson and Muir. Editor(s): Walker, Charlotte Zoe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628422
ISBN
9780815628422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.27

Paperback. John Burroughs combined scientific observation with poetic spirit in his nature writing. This collection of essays explores Burrough's life and character, as well as his role as a writer and his relationships with contemporaries including Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson and Muir. Editor(s): Walker, Charlotte Zoe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815606376
ISBN
9780815606376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.77

hardcover. Series: Penn State Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 320 pages, 192 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 275 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271019130
ISBN
9780271019130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.85
€ 78.50

Hardback. Balancing analyses of plot, character, and motif with insights into the cultural and political milieu of the late Heian period, this title calls for a re-evaluation of late Heian fiction. It examines 3 texts - "The Tale of Sagoromo", "The Tale of the Hamamatsu Middle Counselor", and "Nezame at Night" - as heirs to the literary legacy of "Genji". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025073
ISBN
9780674025073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.21

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

Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813551678
ISBN
9780813551678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.32

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.75

hardcover. This study places Djuna Barnes's early work in the context of symbolist ideas and practices. It presents Barnes not only as a woman writer, but also as an American writer, especially in her attention to the search for identity and to the conflict between individual values and those of society. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 359.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941664172
ISBN
9780941664172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.20

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
€ 9.66

Paperback. Examines the political nature of culture and specifically literature. This title challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how 'imperialist' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and degradation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. 128 pages. This work is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author - his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight: 126.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841953854
ISBN
9781841953854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.78

Hardcover. Editor(s): Buckley, Chloe; Ilott, Sarah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197902
ISBN
9781845197902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.14

Paperback. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla.: Journal of Beckett Studies Books, c2004. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416. The Annotated 'Murphy'. 264 pages, Illustrations. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla.: Journal of Beckett Studies Books, c2004. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight: 416.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641505
ISBN
9780748641505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.18

Paperback. Obscure Locks offers a detailed annotation of Samuel Beckett's most enigmatic novel, Watt. It provides a page by page account of the demented details (literary, philosophical, theological, biographical and other) that went into the making of this encyclopaedic novel. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641512
ISBN
9780748641512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168076
ISBN
9780231168076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 231 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168069
ISBN
9780231168069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 73.14

Hardback. By including novels written from a range of political perspectives, Vanden Bossche discovers patterns in Victorian thinking that are easily recognized in today's assumptions about social hierarchy. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412085
ISBN
9781421412085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 50.13

Paperback. Most widely known as the controversial OFSTED Chief, Chris Woodhead held forthright views that turned up the volume of the national education debate. As journalism, education is at the core of this book, but it also reflects his passions for literature and climbing, and concludes with his courageous thoughts on assisted dying. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JHBZ; JNL; WSZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The University of Buckingham Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908684820
ISBN
9781908684820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.31

Hardcover. In his new book, Christian Moraru argues that post-Cold War culture in general and, in particular, the literature, philosophy, and theory produced since 9/11 foreground an emergent "planetary" imaginary - a "planetarism" - binding in unprecedented ways the world's peoples, traditions, and aesthetic practices. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472072798
ISBN
9780472072798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.82

Paperback. How can we approach Margaret Laurence's writing in a postcolonial and postmodern age? "Challenging Territory" is a collection of essays that examine positionality across the range of Laurence's writing, from her early journalism through the fiction to the late nonfiction. Editor(s): Riegel, Christian. Num Pages: 282 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DQ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888642899
ISBN
9780888642899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022365
ISBN
9780268022365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.30

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935126
ISBN
9780813935126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.03

Hardback. A clear, theoretically-grounded, chronological study of Maturin's six novels. A new critical paradigm by which to view and read Irish Romantic fiction. Offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Maturin and his fiction available today. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085321
ISBN
9780719085321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.20

Paperback. Traces the emergence of Woolf's art and thought against Bloomsbury's public thinking about Europe's future in a period marked by two world wars and rising threats of totalitarianism. This book explores Virginia Woolf's narrative journey from her first novel, "The Voyage Out", through her last, "Between the Acts". Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134453
ISBN
9780231134453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.61

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