Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

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The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 8: American Fiction since 1940

The Oxford History of the Novel in English: Volume 8:...

Author: Cyrus R. K. Patell (Professor of English, New York University) ,  Deborah Lindsay Williams (Clinical Professor of Liberal Studies, New York University)
ISBN: 9780192844729
Format: Hardback
$260.95

An overview of US fiction since 1940 that explores the history of literary forms, the history of narrative forms,...  Read More >>

States of Plague: Reading Albert Camus in a Pandemic

States of Plague: Reading Albert Camus in a Pandemic...

Author: Alice Kaplan ,  Laura Marris
ISBN: 9780226833309
Format: Paperback
$26.95

States of Plague examines Albert Camus's novel as a palimpsest of pandemic life, an uncannily relevant account of...  Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of British Romantic Prose

The Oxford Handbook of British Romantic Prose

Author: Robert Morrison (British Academy Global Professor, British Academy Global Professor, Bath Spa University)
ISBN: 9780198834540
Format: Hardback
$311.95

The Oxford Handbook of British Romantic Prose is the first full-length essay collection devoted entirely to British...  Read More >>

Conrad’s Presence in Contemporary Culture: Adaptations and Appropriations

Conrad’s Presence in Contemporary Culture: Adaptations...

Author: Agnieszka Adamowicz-Pośpiech ,  Nathalie Martinière
ISBN: 9789004691971
Format: Hardback
$348.48

The book showcases the Conrad-effect in contemporary culture. It consists of various essays authored by scholars...  Read More >>

Somewhere Towards The End

Somewhere Towards The End

Author: Diana Athill (Y)
ISBN: 9781803510927
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Included in the BEST OF GRANTA series: the Costa-award winning memoir on what it means to grow old.  Read More >>

The Crossroads of Crime Writing: Unseen Structures and Uncertain Spaces

The Crossroads of Crime Writing: Unseen Structures and...

Author: Meghan P. Nolan ,  Rebecca Martin
ISBN: 9781839991172
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This volume argues that we must examine the boundaries in fiction and non-fiction crime writing with an awareness...  Read More >>

C.S. Lewis's Oxford

C.S. Lewis's Oxford

Author: Simon Horobin
ISBN: 9781851245642
Format: Hardback
$59.99

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Conrad’s European Context

Conrad’s European Context

Author: Andrzej Busza ,  Allan H. Simmons
ISBN: 9789004526099
Format: Hardback
$277.20

Joseph Conrad, one of the most important twentieth century novelists was of Polish extraction but wrote in English....  Read More >>

Early Modern Genres of History

Early Modern Genres of History

Author: Emil Nicklas Johnsen ,  Ina Louise Stovner
ISBN: 9781032364421
Format: Paperback
$73.99

Bringing together an international group of literary scholars, intellectual historians, and cultural historians,...  Read More >>

Women’s Historical Fiction Across the Globe

Women’s Historical Fiction Across the Globe

Author: Catherine Barbour ,  Karunika Kardak
ISBN: 9783031363597
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book explores contemporary women’s historical fiction from global perspectives and expands substantially on...  Read More >>

Building Critical Literacy and Empathy with Graphic Novels

Building Critical Literacy and Empathy with Graphic...

Author: Jason D Dehart
ISBN: 9780814101674
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Ten papers presented at institutes held in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Ariz., and Durham, N.C., in March, April, and May...  Read More >>

Early Modern Genres of History

Early Modern Genres of History

Author: Emil Nicklas Johnsen ,  Ina Louise Stovner
ISBN: 9781032364414
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Bringing together an international group of literary scholars, intellectual historians, and cultural historians,...  Read More >>

Digital Culture in Contemporary Fiction

Digital Culture in Contemporary Fiction

Author: Jaime Harrison
ISBN: 9781802074710
Format: Hardback
$258.75

Throughout its readings, Digital Culture in Contemporary Fiction traces how each author gestures towards the literary...  Read More >>

The Ambivalent Detective in Victorian Sensation Novels: Dickens, Braddon, and Collins

The Ambivalent Detective in Victorian Sensation Novels:...

Author: Sarah Yoon
ISBN: 9781032439631
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The Ambivalent Detective in Victorian Sensation Novels studies how the detective as a literary character evolved...  Read More >>

Choose Life. Choose Leith.: Trainspotting on Location

Choose Life. Choose Leith.: Trainspotting on Location...

Author: Tim Bell
ISBN: 9781804251096
Format: Paperback
$38.79

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Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment from World War I to the Contemporary Era

Reading Espionage Fiction: Narrative, Conflict and Commitment...

Author: Martin Griffin
ISBN: 9781399520799
Format: Hardback
$219.94

Explores how espionage fiction captures the most significant political conflicts and crises of the last hundred...  Read More >>

Twenty-First Century Fictions of Terrorism

Twenty-First Century Fictions of Terrorism

Author: Arin Keeble
ISBN: 9781474478670
Format: Hardback
$245.81

A comprehensive study of how fiction has depicted and responded to terrorism in the twenty-first century  Read More >>

Die Medien Des Comics: Vom Zeitungsstrip Bis Zum Digitalen Comic

Die Medien Des Comics: Vom Zeitungsstrip Bis Zum Digitalen...

Author: Sebastian Bartosch
ISBN: 9783111317373
Format: Hardback
$290.37

Comics werden in Zeitungen gedruckt, als Hefte gesammelt, als graphic novels besprochen und auf Smartphones gelesen....  Read More >>

Pudd'nhead Wilson: The Authoritative Edition, with Those Extraordinary Twins

Pudd'nhead Wilson: The Authoritative Edition, with Those...

Author: Mark Twain ,  Benjamin Griffin
ISBN: 9780520398092
Format: Hardback
$140.95

"This critical edition publishes—for the first time anywhere—the original manuscript and revised versions of Pudd'nhead...  Read More >>

Twelve African Writers

Twelve African Writers

Author: Gerald Moore
ISBN: 9781032755434
Format: Hardback
$168.00

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Heroes with a Hundred Names: Mythology and Folklore in the Early Fiction of Robert Penn Warren

Heroes with a Hundred Names: Mythology and Folklore...

Author: Leverett Butts
ISBN: 9781476684598
Format: Paperback
$93.50

Author Robert Penn Warren’s fiction captures centuries worth of mythology and folklore from all across the globe,...  Read More >>

James Fenimore Cooper: A Companion

James Fenimore Cooper: A Companion

Author: Signe O. Wegener
ISBN: 9781476682570
Format: Paperback
$84.70

This literary companion is a useful resource covering the major themes, characters, settings and more found in James...  Read More >>

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