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 >>

Early Modern Genres of History

Early Modern Genres of History

Author: Emil Nicklas Johnsen ,  Ina Louise Stovner
ISBN: 9781032364421
Format: Paperback
$79.99

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

C.S. Lewis's Oxford

C.S. Lewis's Oxford

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

An examination of the influence of Oxford on the writing of C.S. Lewis, bringing to light new archival discoveries...  Read More >>

A Tale of Two Villains: Theme and Symbolism in Dracula and the Harry Potter Saga

A Tale of Two Villains: Theme and Symbolism in Dracula...

Author: Calvin H. Cherry
ISBN: 9781592113743
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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Early Modern Genres of History

Early Modern Genres of History

Author: Emil Nicklas Johnsen ,  Ina Louise Stovner
ISBN: 9781032364414
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Lovecraft's Library: A Catalogue (Fifth Revised Edition)

Lovecraft's Library: A Catalogue (Fifth Revised Edition)...

Author: S T Joshi ,  David E Schultz
ISBN: 9781614984382
Format: Paperback
$39.60

H. P. Lovecraft was one of the most well-read authors of his time, and his personal library constitutes an intimate...  Read More >>

A Mirror for History: How Novels and Art Reflect the Evolution of Middle-Class America

A Mirror for History: How Novels and Art Reflect the...

Author: Marc Egnal
ISBN: 9781621909040
Format: Paperback
$79.07

In A Mirror for History, author Marc Egnal uses novels and art to provide a new understanding of American society....  Read More >>

Mary Butts: Necessary Contradictions and Feminist Reconstructions

Mary Butts: Necessary Contradictions and Feminist Reconstructions...

Author: Dr. Joel Hawkes (University of Victoria, Canada)
ISBN: 9781501380716
Format: Hardback
$190.00

A scholarly and experimental collection that offers fresh insight—with a feminist focus—into the often overlooked...  Read More >>

Writers Who Changed History

Writers Who Changed History

Author: DK ,  James Naughtie
ISBN: 9780241632918
Format: Hardback
$55.00

MEET THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS - FACE TO FACE This stunning...  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: 9780520398108
Format: Paperback
$32.95

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

Creative Writer's Sourcebook: 50 Great Authors & 175 Writing Exercises

Creative Writer's Sourcebook: 50 Great Authors & 175...

Author: John Gillard
ISBN: 9781921966279
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Discover 50 of the world’s greatest writers in this inspirational guide to exceptional writing. From Lynley Dodd...  Read More >>

Shadows of Salem: Salem's Dark Legacy

Shadows of Salem: Salem's Dark Legacy

Author: Morgan Logstone
ISBN: 9798328006781
Format: Paperback
$31.65

"Shadows of Salem; Salem's Dark Legacy In the historic town of Salem, Detective Elara Blackwood is no stranger to...  Read More >>

A Mirror for History: How Novels and Art Reflect the Evolution of Middle-Class America

A Mirror for History: How Novels and Art Reflect the...

Author: Marc Egnal
ISBN: 9781621908678
Format: Hardback
$237.60

In A Mirror for History, author Marc Egnal uses novels and art to provide a new understanding of American society....  Read More >>

Archetypes from Underground

Archetypes from Underground

Author: Lonny Harrison
ISBN: 9781771126700
Format: Paperback
$71.50

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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 >>

Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early Modern France

Women Writing Antiquity: Gender and Learning in Early...

Author: Helena Taylor (Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of Exeter)
ISBN: 9780192870445
Format: Hardback
$170.95

Considers classical reception in the works of women writers of the long seventeenth century in France to demonstrate...  Read More >>

Identity, Violence and Resilience in 21st Century Black British and American Women's Fiction

Identity, Violence and Resilience in 21st Century Black...

Author: Maria Eisenmann ,  Nuria Torres López
ISBN: 9783631913536
Format: Hardback
$106.09

This volume offers a variety of essays about the work of contemporary Black British and American writers. Taking...  Read More >>

Economic Informality and World Literature

Economic Informality and World Literature

Author: Josh Jewell
ISBN: 9783031531330
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book analyses the impact of economic informality on the novel form across the modern world-system, looking...  Read More >>

The Oxford Edition of Charles Dickens: The Uncommercial Traveller

The Oxford Edition of Charles Dickens: The Uncommercial...

Author: J. H. Alexander (Emeritus Reader in English, Emeritus Reader in English, University of Aberdeen)
ISBN: 9780192883018
Format: Hardback
$405.95

Part of the new Oxford Edition of Charles Dickens, this is the first fully critical edition of Dickens' late journalistic...  Read More >>

Nethered Regions   an Anatomy of Mina Loy

Nethered Regions an Anatomy of Mina Loy

Author: Sara Crangle
ISBN: 9780748689385
Format: Hardback
$219.00

A uniquely comprehensive, groundbreaking two-volume study of Loy's relationship to the human body and soul.  Read More >>

Short Sweet & Uplifting: 72 Positive and Inspirational Stories That Will Make You Believe in Humanity

Short Sweet & Uplifting: 72 Positive and Inspirational...

Author: Charlie Miller
ISBN: 9781648451225
Format: Paperback
$33.58

Do you feel like all the sad, miserable news gets you down? Short, Sweet, and Uplifting is a smorgasbord of amusing...  Read More >>

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