Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

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Rwanda Genocide Stories: Fiction After 1994

Rwanda Genocide Stories: Fiction After 1994

Author: Nicki Hitchcott (University of St. Andrews (United Kingdom))
ISBN: 9781781381946
Format: Hardback
$422.40

A critical study of fictional responses by authors inside and outside Rwanda to the 1994 genocide.  Read More >>

James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction

James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction

Author: Steven Powell
ISBN: 9781137490827
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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The Cambridge Companion to John Ruskin

The Cambridge Companion to John Ruskin

Author: Francis O'Gorman (University of Leeds)
ISBN: 9781107054899
Format: Hardback
$212.18

This collection draws together leading experts from a wide range of disciplines to provide a comprehensive account...  Read More >>

Science Fiction and Cultural Theory: A Reader

Science Fiction and Cultural Theory: A Reader

Author: Sherryl Vint (University of California, Riverside, USA)
ISBN: 9781138814981
Format: Hardback
$347.00

This book combines key theoretical statements that have become touchstones for work in the field with more recent...  Read More >>

Dickens, Religion and Society

Dickens, Religion and Society

Author: Robert Butterworth
ISBN: 9781137558701
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths

Luke Skywalker Can't Read: And Other Geeky Truths

Author: Ryan Britt
ISBN: 9780606378185
Format: Hardback
$74.45

Pop culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or superhero that didn't need further...  Read More >>

Short Story Criticism V221: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers

Short Story Criticism V221: Excerpts from Criticism...

Author: Lawrence J Trudeau
ISBN: 9781410315649
Format: Hardback
$953.04

"""Criticism of the works of short fiction writers."""  Read More >>

Olivia Manning: A Woman at War

Olivia Manning: A Woman at War

Author: Deirdre David (Professor Emerita of English at Temple University)
ISBN: 9780198728580
Format: Paperback
$75.95

The first literary biography of the twentieth-century novelist Olivia Manning, this volume is a timely, expert,...  Read More >>

Island Home: A Landscape Memoir

Island Home: A Landscape Memoir

Author: Tim Winton ,  David Tredinnick
ISBN: 9781489027955
Format: Audio
$51.70

A wise, passionate and compelling investigation into how our landscape makes us who we are.  Read More >>

The 1940 Under the Volcano: A Critical Edition

The 1940 Under the Volcano: A Critical Edition

Author: Malcolm Lowry ,  Miguel Mota
ISBN: 9780776623153
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Malcolm Lowry 1940 Under the Volcano has been regarded too often as little more than Lowry's blueprint though a...  Read More >>

Poe and the Subversion of American Literature: Satire, Fantasy, Critique

Poe and the Subversion of American Literature: Satire,...

Author: Dr Robert T. Tally Jr. (Texas State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781501309298
Format: Paperback
$56.99

"""Argues that Poe offers an alternative to American literature through his satirical critique of U.S. national...  Read More >>

Crunch Lit

Crunch Lit

Author: Dr Katy Shaw (Principal Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, Leeds Beckett University, UK)
ISBN: 9781472510068
Format: Paperback
$54.99

The financial crisis of 2008 quickly gave rise to a growing body of fiction: ""Crunch Lit"". These 'recession writings'...  Read More >>

The Maximalist Novel: From Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow to Roberto Bolano's 2666

The Maximalist Novel: From Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's...

Author: Stefano Ercolino (Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea)
ISBN: 9781501314292
Format: Paperback
$76.99

The Maximalist Novel sets out to define a new genre of contemporary fiction that developed in the United States...  Read More >>

Teaching Hemingway and Modernism

Teaching Hemingway and Modernism

Author: Joseph Fruscione
ISBN: 9781606352465
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Teaching Hemingway and Modernism presents concrete, intertextual models for using Hemingway’s work effectively in...  Read More >>

The Gospel According to Flannery O'Connor: Examining the Role of the Bible in Flannery O'Connor's Fiction

The Gospel According to Flannery O'Connor: Examining...

Author: Dr. Jordan Cofer (Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College)
ISBN: 9781501314278
Format: Paperback
$76.99

Jordan Cofer examines the influence of the Bible upon Flannery O'Connor's fiction. While there are many studies...  Read More >>

The Works of Graham Greene, Volume 2: A Guide to the Graham Greene Archives

The Works of Graham Greene, Volume 2: A Guide to the...

Author: Mike Hill (Editor, A Sort of Newsletter, UK) ,  Dr Jon Wise (independent scholar)
ISBN: 9781472528193
Format: Hardback
$300.00

Over a 60-year career, Graham Greene was a prolific writer. While his published works established him as one of...  Read More >>

Science Fiction and Cultural Theory: A Reader

Science Fiction and Cultural Theory: A Reader

Author: Sherryl Vint (University of California, Riverside, USA)
ISBN: 9781138814998
Format: Paperback
$112.00

This book combines key theoretical statements that have become touchstones for work in the field with more recent...  Read More >>

Dark Assemblages: Pilar Pedraza and the Gothic Story of Development

Dark Assemblages: Pilar Pedraza and the Gothic Story...

Author: Kay Pritchett
ISBN: 9781611486728
Format: Hardback
$212.18

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Gertrude Stein in Europe: Reconfigurations Across Media, Disciplines, and Traditions

Gertrude Stein in Europe: Reconfigurations Across Media,...

Author: Dr Sarah Posman (University of Ghent, Belgium) ,  Professor Laura Luise Schultz (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
ISBN: 9781474242288
Format: Hardback
$240.00

Although often hailed as a ‘quintessentially American’ writer, the modernist poet, novelist and playwright Gertrude...  Read More >>

The 2000s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction

The 2000s: A Decade of Contemporary British Fiction...

Author: Nick Bentley (Keele University, UK) ,  Dr Nick Hubble (Brunel University, London, UK)
ISBN: 9781441112156
Format: Hardback
$350.00

How did social, cultural and political events in Britain during the 2000s shape contemporary British fiction? The...  Read More >>

Crunch Lit

Crunch Lit

Author: Dr Katy Shaw (Principal Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, Leeds Beckett University, UK)
ISBN: 9781472506306
Format: Hardback
$200.00

The financial crisis of 2008 quickly gave rise to a growing body of fiction: ""crunch lit"". Populated by a host...  Read More >>

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