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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Hardcover. This book offers new perspectives on the concept of habit in the nineteenth-century novel, delineating the complex, changing significance of the term and exploring the ways in which its meanings play out in a range of narratives, from Dickens to James. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137349392
- ISBN
- 9781137349392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Peter Wolfe's study of Penelope Fitzgerald characterizes her work as having unerring dramatic judgment, a friendly and fluid style, and lyrical and precise descriptive passages. In this survey of Fitzgerald's life and career, he explains how shet brings resources of talent and craft, thought and feeling, courage and vulnerability, to her writing. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ of South Carolina Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035616
- ISBN
- 9781570035616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.70
€ 52.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910170052
- ISBN
- 9781910170052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.21
€ 13.99
€ 13.21
Hardback. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 157
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966575
- ISBN
- 9781403966575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
The Profession of Science Fiction. SF Writers on Their Craft and Ideas...
. Ed(S): Jakubowski, Maxim; James, Edward
Paperback. Where do science fiction writers get their inspiration from? Some of the leading authors in the field attempt to answer this question in a series of essays reprinted from the critical journal, "Foundation". Editor(s): Jakubowski, Maxim; James, Edward. Series: Insights. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBW; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333524824
- ISBN
- 9780333524824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271035260
- ISBN
- 9780271035260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.30€ 80.52
€ 98.30
€ 80.52
Hardcover. This collection of writings on the work of poet and novelist James Dickey addresses the breadth of his controversial career. Beginning in the early 1960s when he first began publishing poetry, it continues through to the mid-1990s, with comprehensive overviews of his entire canon. Editor(s): Kirschten, Robert. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570031656
- ISBN
- 9781570031656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.55
€ 44.99
€ 37.55
Hardcover. Analyzes Wolf's, Drewitz's, and Weil's views of individual responsibility in history, with reference to theories of memory and feminist ethics. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 113 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134431
- ISBN
- 9781571134431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.07
€ 101.07
Paperback. This work identifies a genre that flourished between the Civil War and World War I: the American boy book. Described as an autobiographical form that concentrates on boyhood alone, the book discusses what gave rise to the genre, what forms it took, what problems it addressed and why it disappeared. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817308667
- ISBN
- 9780817308667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. A compilation of 19th-century French "haunting" tales. Featuring such authors as Balzac, Merimee, Dumas, Verne, and Maupassant, this book offers readers some of the more memorable stories in the genre. Editor(s): Kessler, Joan C. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226432083
- ISBN
- 9780226432083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.57
€ 47.99
€ 36.57
Hardcover. Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Faletra argues that the legendary history of Britain that flourished in medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances traces its origins to twelfth-century Anglo-Norman colonial interest in Wales and the Welsh. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391025
- ISBN
- 9781137391025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. Offers insights into the society which produced and consumed anti-Jacobin novels. Series Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn; Chandler, James. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521021265
- ISBN
- 9780521021265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.22
€ 50.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505292
- ISBN
- 9781879505292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.49
€ 27.99
€ 19.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 194 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403983879
- ISBN
- 9781403983879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel: Still Lives
Bennett, Andrew (Assistant Professor Of, Benn...
Hardcover. Arguing that Elizabeth Bowen is the unrecognized genius of the 20th-century novel in English, this book contends that an appropriate response to Bowen's work calls for a radically new conception of criticism and theory - and of the novel itself. It includes new readings of all Bowen's novels. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 272 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Schol, Print UK
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333607602
- ISBN
- 9780333607602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Paperback. This resource provides information on a popular literary genre - the 20th century American short story. It contains articles on stories that share a particular theme, and over 100 pieces on individual writers and their work. There are also articles on promising new writers entering the scene. Editor(s): Gelfant, Blanche H. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 952
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110990
- ISBN
- 9780231110990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.93
€ 54.99
€ 38.93
Hardcover. A reading of physical obsession in O'Connor through linguistic and literary techniques. This book demonstrates that the many constructions in which the body parts of O'Connor's characters are foregrounded, either as subjects or objects, are grammatical manipulations of semantic variations on what linguists deem the middle voice. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036989
- ISBN
- 9781570036989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.69
€ 47.99
€ 39.69
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843269
- ISBN
- 9781843843269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.57
€ 78.57
Hardcover. Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of "pure" nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work--how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire, and how he is able to focus on both the timeless and the timely. Editor(s): Specq, Francois; Walls, Laura Dassow; Granger, Michel. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820344287
- ISBN
- 9780820344287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.75€ 102.72
€ 114.75
€ 102.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130585
- ISBN
- 9780231130585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.73€ 81.47
€ 107.73
€ 81.47
Hardcover. This exciting new study looks at degeneration and deviance in nineteenth-century science and late-Victorian Gothic fiction. The questions it raises are as relevant today as they were at the nineteenth century's fin de siecle: What constitutes the norm from which a deviation has occurred? What exactly does it mean to be 'normal' or 'abnormal'? Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450326
- ISBN
- 9781137450326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Hardback. Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" took the world by storm when it was published in 1969. Despite controversy over its frank depiction of sexual abuse, the autobiography is widely read in high schools and colleges across the country. This title includes discussions of Maya Angelou's novel. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587656248
- ISBN
- 9781587656248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.32
€ 163.32
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary discussion of Baldwin by leading writers from several fields Editor(s): Kaplan, Cora; Schwarz, Bill. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472071524
- ISBN
- 9780472071524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.16€ 81.39
€ 90.16
€ 81.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843916185
- ISBN
- 9781843916185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.25
€ 14.99
€ 13.25