Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

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The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition

The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition

Author: J. R. R. Tolkien ,  John D. Rateliff
ISBN: 9780008601409
Format: Hardback
$199.99

Brand new deluxe edition of this definitive companion to The Hobbit, quarter-bound, stamped in gold foil with a...  Read More >>

The History of Matthew Wald: John Gibson Lockhart

The History of Matthew Wald: John Gibson Lockhart

Author: Thomas C. Richardson
ISBN: 9781399506687
Format: Hardback
$200.00

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The Wisdom of Hobbits: Unearthing Our Humanity at 3 Bagshot Row

The Wisdom of Hobbits: Unearthing Our Humanity at 3...

Author: Matthew J Distefano ,  Michael Machuga
ISBN: 9781957007380
Format: Paperback
$52.77

""Thought provoking and engaging."" - Amanda Drake, The Tolkien Society The works of J.R.R. Tolkien are some of...  Read More >>

Improbability, Chance, and the Nineteenth-Century Realist Novel

Improbability, Chance, and the Nineteenth-Century Realist...

Author: Adam Grener
ISBN: 9780814255933
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Explores the importance of chance, coincidence, and contingency in the Victorian realist novel.  Read More >>

Hotel Modernisms

Hotel Modernisms

Author: Anna Despotopoulou ,  Vassiliki Kolocotroni
ISBN: 9781032081274
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This collection of essays explores the hotel as a site of modernity, a space of mobility and transience that shaped...  Read More >>

Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro

Author: Kristian Shaw ,  Peter Sloane
ISBN: 9781526157539
Format: Hardback
$185.00

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Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers

Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the...

Author: Gale Research Inc
ISBN: 9780028674056
Format: Hardback
$1013.76

Presents literary criticism on the works of short-story writers of all nations, cultures, and time periods. Critical...  Read More >>

Rites of Passage, Liminality, and Community in Octavia E. Butler’s Science Fiction Novels

Rites of Passage, Liminality, and Community in Octavia...

Author: Lin Knutson
ISBN: 9781666903102
Format: Hardback
$168.19

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Translation Politicised and Politics Translated

Translation Politicised and Politics Translated

Author: Jorge Díaz Cintas ,  Ali Almanna
ISBN: 9781800794467
Format: Paperback
$124.20

This edited collection presents an overview of the intersection of politics and translation. It explores translation...  Read More >>

The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction: The Literary Agenda

The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction: The Literary Agenda...

Author: Deborah Lindsay Williams (Clinical Professor, Liberal Studies, New York University)
ISBN: 9780192848970
Format: Paperback
$38.95

Using the figure of the monster as an interpretive lens across a wide range of fiction, this book shows how young...  Read More >>

Equal to Mystery: In Search of Harold Sonny Ladoo

Equal to Mystery: In Search of Harold Sonny Ladoo

Author: Christopher Laird
ISBN: 9781845235628
Format: Paperback
$43.96

When the Trinidadian novelist, Harold Sonny Ladoo was found dead soon after the publication of his classic novel,...  Read More >>

Neil Jordan, Author and Screenwriter: The Imagination of Transgression

Neil Jordan, Author and Screenwriter: The Imagination...

Author: Eamon Maher ,  Bertrand Cardin
ISBN: 9781800799233
Format: Paperback
$103.50

Approaching Neil Jordan’s literary work in all its diversity, this book focuses primarily on the novelist, but also...  Read More >>

Dublin: A Writer's City

Dublin: A Writer's City

Author: Christopher Morash (Trinity College Dublin)
ISBN: 9781108831642
Format: Hardback
$51.75

Dublin: A Writer's City can be imagined as a map of one of the world's great literary cities, taking the reader,...  Read More >>

J.R.R. Tolkien's Utopianism and the Classics

J.R.R. Tolkien's Utopianism and the Classics

Author: Dr Hamish Williams (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany)
ISBN: 9781350241459
Format: Hardback
$150.00

This book opens up new perspectives on the English fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien, arguing that he was an influential...  Read More >>

Novelists on the Novel

Novelists on the Novel

Author: Miriam Allott
ISBN: 9781032398631
Format: Hardback
$242.00

First published in 1959, Novelists on the Novel makes an attempt to set out fully what novelists both major and...  Read More >>

Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David Thoreau

Now Comes Good Sailing: Writers Reflect on Henry David...

Author: Andrew Blauner
ISBN: 9780691247953
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From twenty-seven of today's leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of Walden Features...  Read More >>

Play Up and Play the Game: The Heroes of Popular Fiction

Play Up and Play the Game: The Heroes of Popular Fiction...

Author: Patrick Howarth
ISBN: 9781032498973
Format: Hardback
$189.00

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Encounters in the Woods: Volume 8

Encounters in the Woods: Volume 8

Author: Ethan Hayes
ISBN: 9798390289532
Format: Paperback
$26.37

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The Spiritual Consciousness of Carmen Martín Gaite: The Whole of Life has Meaning

The Spiritual Consciousness of Carmen Martín Gaite:...

Author: Dr Anne-Marie Storrs
ISBN: 9781855663886
Format: Hardback
$207.00

An exploration of Spanish writer Carmen Martín Gaite's religious outlook through the inner journeys of five female...  Read More >>

Eu Juro que nos Encontraremos

Eu Juro que nos Encontraremos

Author: Annie Moon
ISBN: 9798215498217
Format: Paperback
$23.73

O amor às vezes muda todo o nosso universo. Às vezes, acreditamos que podemos fugir de suas garras e, assim como...  Read More >>

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