Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Paperback. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; APF; DSK; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9781557536877
- ISBN
- 9781557536877
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€ 49.87
€ 49.87
Paperback. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9781557537133
- ISBN
- 9781557537133
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€ 58.17
€ 58.17
Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
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- New
- SKU
- V9781557537157
- ISBN
- 9781557537157
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€ 58.22
€ 58.22
Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFCK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537256
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- 9781557537256
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€ 57.45
€ 57.45
Hardcover. The surprising influence of fictional preachers and their sermons--and why actual preachers should care Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602586826
- ISBN
- 9781602586826
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€ 47.19
€ 47.19
paperback. This autobiography depicts the spiritual landscape against which Ellen Glasgow's novels were written. The introduction examines her composition of "The Woman Within", surveys critical responses since its publication, examines unpublished portions and discusses the implications of the text. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 495.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915630
- ISBN
- 9780813915630
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€ 50.07
€ 50.07
Paperback. In 1957 and 1958, William Faulkner was Writer-in-Residence at University of Virginia. This volume includes what he said at 37 conferences where he answered over 2000 questions on a wide range of concerns, from exegetic problems in his novels to the role of the writer in modern society. Editor(s): Gwynn, Frederick; Blotner, Joseph. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 513.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916125
- ISBN
- 9780813916125
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€ 40.57
€ 40.57
hardcover. A treatment of Paule Marshall's work, which examines her writing in its place in the tradition of African-American women's fiction, and explores the intersecting patterns of race, class and gender oppressions that exacerbate the fractured psyche in Marshall's major characters. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916149
- ISBN
- 9780813916149
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Condition: New
€ 52.54
€ 52.54
Paperback. This work examines African-American fiction, discussing how African-American novelists worked with the same mythic materials as their white counterparts, but inverted Anglo-American constructions. Relating the novel to history, it shows how they refuted Anglo-Americans' record of history. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916712
- ISBN
- 9780813916712
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Condition: New
€ 37.74
€ 37.74
Hardback. This text portrays an elusive and self-aware writer whose refusal to grant authority to a single perspective, even while she recirculated the fundamental assumptions and debates of her era, enabled her simultaneously to fulfill and deflect the expectations of the literary marketplace. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918754
- ISBN
- 9780813918754
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€ 75.42
€ 75.42
Hardback. Traces the the story of victimized childhood to its origins in nineteenth-century Britain. Almost as soon as "childhood" became a distinct category, Laura C. Berry contends, stories of children in danger were circulated as part of larger debates about child welfare and the role of the family in society. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 825.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919096
- ISBN
- 9780813919096
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€ 75.42
€ 75.42
Hardback. Willa Cather spent the first nine years of her life in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Grounded both in traditional literary criticisms and in cultural studies, these 16 essays explore the southern connection in Cather's writing life. Editor(s): Romines, Ann. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 585.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919577
- ISBN
- 9780813919577
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€ 87.44
€ 87.44
hardcover. The author investigates the contradictory ways childhood has been formulated in the 20th century and the resulting ambivalence reflected in contemporary fiction. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919638
- ISBN
- 9780813919638
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€ 82.75
€ 82.75
Paperback. Fowler provides a psychoanalytic treatment of Faulkner's work, employing a poststructuralist feminist methodology to assess the symbolic meanings of race and gender in "The Sound and the Fury", "As I Lay Dying", "Light In August", "Absalom, Absalom!", and "Go Down, Moses". Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFFK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919782
- ISBN
- 9780813919782
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€ 32.85
€ 32.85
hardcover. In her short life, Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) authored two novels, 32 stories and numerous essays. This work addresses the conflicts O'Connor experienced as a "southern lady" and professional author. It considers the reasons for feminist critical neglect of the writer. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920122
- ISBN
- 9780813920122
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Condition: New
€ 57.54
€ 57.54
Hardback. By looking at a range of novels about terrorism, this work asks whether the writer's relationship to politics may be reduced in the age of television and the Internet. It shows that some writers imagine an encounter with terrorists as a test of the alliance between writer and revolutionary. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920313
- ISBN
- 9780813920313
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Condition: New
€ 76.32
€ 76.32
paperback. By looking at a range of novels about terrorism, this work asks whether the writer's relationship to politics may be reduced in the age of television and the Internet. It shows that some writers imagine an encounter with terrorists as a test of the alliance between writer and revolutionary. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920351
- ISBN
- 9780813920351
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Condition: New
€ 32.88
€ 32.88
Hardback. Consisting of some 572 letters, with another 460 calendared, this tenth volume in a series of 12, offers a complete account of William James's known correspondence - with family, friends and colleagues - from the beginning of 1902 through to March 1905. Num Pages: 702 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGHA; BJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 702
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920610
- ISBN
- 9780813920610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.26
€ 123.26
Randall Jarrell's Letters: An Autobiographical and Literary Selection
Jarrell, Randall. Ed(S): Wright, Stuart; Burt...
paperback. These papers from the poet and critic Randall Jarrell include letters from Jarrell to Peter Taylor, publication of which was withheld during Taylor's lifetime. These letters add a further dimension of friendship and intellect to this behind-the-scenes glimpse of American literary history. Editor(s): Wright, Stuart; Burt, Stephen. Num Pages: 576 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- expanded edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921532
- ISBN
- 9780813921532
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Condition: New
€ 43.19
€ 43.19
Violent Adventure: Contemporary Fiction by American Men
Wesley, Marilyn C. (Professor Of English, Har...
hardcover. Questioning both the popular condemnation of violent representation and the notion that violence can be constructive by empowering the identity of an integrated adult self, Wesley identifies a revealing pattern of "violent adventure" in recent fiction by American men. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922126
- ISBN
- 9780813922126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.03
€ 76.03