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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Hardcover. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403979902
ISBN
9781403979902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137485885
ISBN
9781137485885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634876
ISBN
9780691634876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.62

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606033
ISBN
9780691606033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.66

Hardcover. This fascinating study explores the multifarious erotic themes associated with the magic lantern shows, which proved the dominant visual medium of the West for 350 years, and analyses how the shows influenced the portrayals of sexuality in major works of Gothic fiction. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZG; DSA; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137298911
ISBN
9781137298911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.95

Hardcover. Provides a comprehensive survey of approaches to genre in Shakespeare's work. Contributors probe deeply into genre theory and genre history by relating Renaissance conceptions. In this sense, the volume proposes to read Shakespeare through genre and, just as importantly, read genre through Shakespeare. Editor(s): Guneratne, Anthony R. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSGS; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108981
ISBN
9780230108981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Paperback. The book advances the idea that American, Southern, white, planter class authors have appropriated models and modes of masculinity from William Shakespeare. Keener traces the history of this appropriation and its attendant masculinities from authors as early as William Gilmore Simms, through Thomas Nelson Page and Thomas Dixon, to William Faulkner. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSGS; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230603202
ISBN
9780230603202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSGS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137538741
ISBN
9781137538741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 454 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Kaya Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885030429
ISBN
9781885030429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.60

Hardcover. The dialogue between form and message is intrinsic to the novel as genre. Yet the strength of that discourse has been shaken in the twentieth century by an increasing doubt about affirmations of any kind and a growing awareness of the relativity of knowledge and perception. Num Pages: 352 pages, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810366
ISBN
9781571810366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.75

Hardback. Sharon Creech: The Words We Choose to Say is an analysis and evaluation of the young adult novels of Sharon Creech. The six chapters provide an overview of her life, education, and careers, a thorough review of her young adult novels, a commentary on her writings for young readers and adults, and a summary of her skill as a storyteller and author. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810850866
ISBN
9780810850866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.25

She-Wolf explores the cultural history of the female werewolf, from her first appearance in medieval literature to recent incarnations in film, television and popular literature. Editor(s): Priest, Hannah. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089343
ISBN
9780719089343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.39

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press Manchester
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526116895
ISBN
9781526116895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Feral House,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936239603
ISBN
9781936239603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.13

Hardcover. Sherlock Holmes is an iconic figure within cultural narratives. More recently, Conan Doyle has also appeared as a fictional figure in contemporary novels and films, confusing the boundaries between fiction and reality. This collection investigates how Holmes and Doyle have gripped the public imagination to become central figures of modernity. Editor(s): Vanacker, Sabine; Wynne, Catherine. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300507
ISBN
9780230300507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. A collection of essays that shows that Sherlock Holmes sees things others don't. It explores the source of Holmes' faculty of observation and facility for deduction: Is it systematic training (as Watson surmises), genetics, or is he just really lucky? Editor(s): Steiff, Josef. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812697315
ISBN
9780812697315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.16

hardcover. Sherlock Holmes was still an undergraduate when Squire Trevor pointed out the direction of his future life's work, telling him that all the detectives of fact and of fancy would be children in your hands. His prediction was right on the mark: so it was then, and so it remains more than a century later. Num Pages: 421 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
421
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823212217
ISBN
9780823212217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.51

paperback. What qualities helped Primo Levi survive the demented laboratory of Auschwitz? What does Milan Kundera make of being denounced as a subversive writer in communist Czechoslovakia? What does Edna O'Brien think drove generations of Irish writers into exile? This book explores the importance of region, politics and history in their work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428435
ISBN
9780099428435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.88

Hardback. This volume provides new insights into some of the best examples of this form of writing in the twentieth century and also includes a chapter which explores ways in which the genre is evolving as the century draws to a close. Editor(s): Flower, John; Flower, J.E. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895699
ISBN
9780859895699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Paperback. This volume provides new insights into some of the best examples of this form of writing in the twentieth century and also includes a chapter which explores ways in which the genre is evolving as the century draws to a close. Editor(s): Flower, John. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895705
ISBN
9780859895705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.08

Hardback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333346006
ISBN
9780333346006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.89

Paperback. Examines Austen's presentation of sibling love and rivalry in the context of the social and historical changes in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and analyses the incest motif in numerous works of the period, arguing that the handling of incestuous themes represents a stage in the development of the novel. Originally published in 1992. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333752074
ISBN
9780333752074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.02

Hardcover. This study posits that the narrative of sibling love as a culturally significant tradition in nineteenth-century American fiction. Ultimately, Emily E. VanDette suggests that these novels contribute to historical conversations about affiliation in such tumultuous contexts as sectional divisions, slavery debates, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Num Pages: 218 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137287182
ISBN
9781137287182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200684
ISBN
9780811200684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.80

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