Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. Offers an account of the author's modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507598
- ISBN
- 9780099507598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.43
€ 20.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219501
- ISBN
- 9780811219501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.84
€ 16.99
€ 15.84
Hardcover. Drawing on a range of material from archives in the US and from a variety of primary historical sources, this study places Cather's major fiction in its cultural context. It explores "progressivism", "primitivism" and "Americanization" in such novels as "My Antonia" and "O Pioneers!". Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634516
- ISBN
- 9780333634516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
Hardcover. Contains readings of nineteenth-century Irish women's prose works by various international scholars. This book looks at writers who have been ignored in Irish Studies and they draw attention to women's contributions to literary genres commonly associated with male writers. It examines prose writing that does not fit the usual categories. Editor(s): Hansson, Heidi. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184165
- ISBN
- 9781859184165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
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: 626.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099732518
- ISBN
- 9780099732518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.21
€ 21.99
€ 16.21
Paperback. Characterizes Fielding's personality and details ways in which Fielding's attitudes contribute to the subject matter of his plays and novels and to the rhetorical strategies that control their shape as well. The book shows that his work as lawyer, magistrate, and essayist was similarly informed. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333633236
- ISBN
- 9780333633236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.50
€ 58.50
Hardcover. Containing three interconnected essays, this book sets Ha Jin's own work and life alongside those of other literary exiles, creating a conversation across cultures and between eras. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226399881
- ISBN
- 9780226399881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.29
€ 16.99
€ 14.29
Hardcover. The Novel: An Anthology of Criticism and Theory 1900-2000 is a collection of the most influential writings on the theory of the novel from the twentieth century. * Traces the rise of novel theory and the extension of its influence into other disciplines, especially social, cultural and political theory. Editor(s): Hale, Dorothy J. Num Pages: 840 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 188 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405107730
- ISBN
- 9781405107730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.52
€ 150.52
Hardback. The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450081
- ISBN
- 9781137450081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. With a new introduction by the authors, this paperback edition of Jane Austen and the Fiction of Culture takes the complete body of work of a major novelist as the basis for rethinking ethnographic representation and cross-cultural analysis. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690480
- ISBN
- 9780847690480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.72
€ 54.72
Paperback. Hanif Kureishi offers an insight into the birth of a writer - himself - through this memoir that conjures up a family story of how he found his own literary calling from the ashes of his father's failed attempts in the past even as the world turned upside down and India split in two along religious lines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- FABER AND FABER
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571224043
- ISBN
- 9780571224043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.11
€ 10.99
€ 9.11
Hardcover. The Narrative Turn in Fiction and Theory explores the philosophical and historical underpinnings of the postwar crisis and return of storytelling and shows their relevance for the ongoing debate on the significance of narrative for human existence. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137401052
- ISBN
- 9781137401052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press Manchester
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526116895
- ISBN
- 9781526116895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.74
€ 21.74
Paperback. Hannah Webster Foster's two major Early American works with a wealth of primary materials are now available in a Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Harris, Jennifer; Waterman, Bryan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393931679
- ISBN
- 9780393931679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.22
€ 19.99
€ 18.22
Hardcover. This work gives an overview of trends in American crime fiction. It focuses on the work of popular and award-winning authors since 1985. Attention is given to writers who have re-worked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333674550
- ISBN
- 9780333674550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907650574
- ISBN
- 9781907650574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.31
€ 17.99
€ 16.31
Paperback. I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses. Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, the German author Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of inward emigration . BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669892
- ISBN
- 9780745669892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
€ 17.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Translator(s): Green, Malcolm. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Atlas Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900565592
- ISBN
- 9781900565592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.02
€ 16.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. As a bestselling phenomenon and queen of the Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer is one of the most beloved historical novelists. This biography offers a glimpse into Georgette Heyer's world and that of her most memorable characters. It reveals a formidable, energetic woman, with an impeccable sense of style and, a love for all things Regency. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493495
- ISBN
- 9780099493495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Contains character, book, painting and place indices. This work is a database of Anthony Powell's imagination and England's cultural landscape. It details over four hundred characters and one million words of Powell's fifty-year dance of fiction and fact. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099484363
- ISBN
- 9780099484363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.27
€ 17.99
€ 13.27
Paperback. Series: Norton Critical Edition. Num Pages: 512 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 212 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393959031
- ISBN
- 9780393959031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.68
€ 28.68
hardcover. Editor(s): Miles, Harold. Num Pages: 375 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 733.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Humana United States
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896032675
- ISBN
- 9780896032675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.14
€ 50.14
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791096178
- ISBN
- 9780791096178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.24
€ 69.24
Hardback. Harold Fisch explores the biblical influence on the style and structure of landmark works by Fielding, Defoe, George Eliot, Kafka, Dostoevsky and others. Whilst the great novelists could not manage without the Bible, at the same time 'it would not do'. The book concludes with two chapters on the Israeli novelists S.Y. Agnon and A.B. Yehoshua. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HRA; HRLB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333714096
- ISBN
- 9780333714096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.98
€ 122.98