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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardback. An introduction of an academic means for critical analysis of film adaptations. It signifies an exploration into film adaptation from a novelists' perspective, from the author working with a screenwriter, embarking on a journey to understand the implications of literature-to-film adaptation and the complexities and problems it raises. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441149985
ISBN
9781441149985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.13
€ 123.87

Paperback. A manifesto against systematic thinking, this text on literary theory, first published 70 years ago in 1928, is a difficult book by a famously difficult writer. Editor(s): Samuels, Lisa. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213944
ISBN
9780520213944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

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

€ 45.99
€ 40.79

Paperback. Editor(s): McConnell, Justine; Hall, Edith. Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBH; DSK; HRKP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472579386
ISBN
9781472579386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.34

Hardback. Editor(s): Stephens, Susan A.; Winkler, John J. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 558 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSK; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
558
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637235
ISBN
9780691637235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 264.27

Paperback. Current date of publication from iPage.IngramContent.com. Editor(s): Stephens, Susan A.; Winkler, John J. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 558 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
558
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691608846
ISBN
9780691608846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.73

Hardcover. Respected by his peers and hugely successful internationally in his own time, Andre Maurois is now hardly read. Moderate and conciliatory in everything, including his literary style, he appealed to the educated reader of his time, but did those very qualities prevent him from achieving lasting distinction and impact? Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSBH; DSK; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137402691
ISBN
9781137402691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618112620
ISBN
9781618112620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.09

Hardback. James Hogg knew Sir Walter Scott well, and after Scott's death in 1832 he wrote an affectionate but frank account of their long friendship. Editor(s): Rubenstein, Jill. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 224 pages, music. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609338
ISBN
9780748609338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.14
€ 105.59

Paperback. This study of the work of Angela Carter deals with a range of her writings, including "Shadow Dance", "The Magic Toyshop", "The Passion of Eve", "Nights at the Circus", "Wise Children", "The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman" and "The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories". Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719053160
ISBN
9780719053160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311455
ISBN
9780746311455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Hardcover. By reading key Carter texts alongside their Decadent intertexts, Tonkin interrogates the claim that Carter was in thrall to a fetishistic aesthetic antithetical to her feminism. Through historical contextualization of the woman-as-doll, muse and femme fatale, Tonkin tests Carter's own description of her fiction as a form of literary criticism. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230284159
ISBN
9780230284159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137595140
ISBN
9781137595140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.58

Hardcover. Disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism'. Drawing on Carter's own autobiographical articles as well as her novels and short stories, this study examines her engagement with topical issues, assessing the relationship between her life, her times and her art. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333992937
ISBN
9780333992937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Hardback. Angela Johnson is a three-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Author award, the Prinz prize, a MacArthur Foundation genius award, and numerous other book awards. This book introduces Johnson's work, illuminating its nuances through research and interviews and correspondence with her. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850927
ISBN
9780810850927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.05

Paperback. Uses readings of science fiction texts to explore the centrality of animals for our ways of thinking about human. This title argues that we are better able to perceive options for a transformed politics if we perceive our various material relations with non-human animals within a deeper understanding of the functions of the category 'animal'. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318153
ISBN
9781846318153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.19

Hardcover. Uses readings of science fiction texts to explore the centrality of animals for our ways of thinking about human. This book argues that we are better able to perceive options for a transformed politics if we perceive our various material relations with non-human animals within a deeper understanding of the functions of the category animal. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312342
ISBN
9781846312342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.71

Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 336 pages, 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816670338
ISBN
9780816670338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

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

€ 110.14
€ 105.07

Hardback. Anita Loos (1888-1981) was one of Hollywood's most respected and prolific screenwriters, as well as an acclaimed novelist and playwright. This title collects film treatments, short stories, and one-act plays of her creative writing and showcases the breadth and depth of her talent. Editor(s): Beauchamp, Cari; Loos, Mary Anita. Num Pages: 322 pages, 26 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; APF; DD; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228948
ISBN
9780520228948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.66

Paperback. The text of this revised edition of Tolstoy's novel is based upon the 1939 translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude. The editor has made several textual changes and has revised and added to the footnotes. New critical material has been added to this edition, reflecting current ideas. Translator(s): Maude, Louise; Maude, Aylmer. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393966428
ISBN
9780393966428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Since its publication in 1908, Anne of Green Gables has been an enduring bestseller and arguably Canada's most famous novel. Editor(s): Rubio, Mary Henley; Waterston, Elizabeth. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393926958
ISBN
9780393926958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.10

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

€ 32.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. A guide to Annie Proulx's novel "Postcards" and her short story "Brokeback Mountain" that features a biography of the author, an analysis of the texts, a summary of the their popular and critical reception, a discussion of the film adaptation of "Brokeback Mountain" and its reception. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 156. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. 96 pages. A guide to Annie Proulx's novel "Postcards" and her short story "Brokeback Mountain" that features a biography of the author, an analysis of the texts, a summary of the their popular and critical reception, a discussion of the film adaptation of "Brokeback Mountain" and its reception. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 190 x 135 x 11. Weight: 156.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847064554
ISBN
9781847064554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.26

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