Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

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The Epic Modernist Alfred Döblin: A Reader’s Guide to His Major Fiction in Six Excursions

The Epic Modernist Alfred Döblin: A Reader’s Guide to...

Author: David R Midgley
ISBN: 9781640142275
Format: Hardback
$343.20

Provides the English-speaking reader with a comprehensive guide to the fiction of Alfred Döblin, a major figure...  Read More >>

Angels, Demons, and Demigods: An Encyclopedia of Supernatural Beings in Story and on Screen

Angels, Demons, and Demigods: An Encyclopedia of Supernatural...

Author: David A. Salomon (Christopher Newport University, USA) ,  Kelly A. O'Connor-Salomon (Christopher Newport University, USA)
ISBN: 9781440874413
Format: Hardback
$150.00

This encyclopedia examines famous and influential depictions of angels, demons, and demigods in film, television,...  Read More >>

Writing Herstory through Ancient Greek Letters: Representations of Women in Fictional Epistolography

Writing Herstory through Ancient Greek Letters: Representations...

Author: Antonios Pontoropoulos (Swedish Institute in Rome, Italy)
ISBN: 9781350401754
Format: Hardback
$170.00

The first comprehensive feminist reading of ancient Greek fictional letter collections.  Read More >>

An A-Z of Beatrix Potter

An A-Z of Beatrix Potter

Author: Dr Penny Bradshaw (Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Cumbria, UK)
ISBN: 9781350453357
Format: Hardback
$100.00

A lively way into the works of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, this book provides fresh understanding...  Read More >>

Italian Comics in the New Millennium. Vol. 1. Continuity and Innovation

Italian Comics in the New Millennium. Vol. 1. Continuity...

Author: Alessio Aletta
ISBN: 9798881903954
Format: Paperback
$198.00

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The Life of Herod the Great

The Life of Herod the Great

Author: Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 9780008732745
Format: Paperback
$22.99

'The Life of Herod The Great – like Hurston herself – is a masterpiece, a miracle, and a marvel. In other words,...  Read More >>

The Horror Theory Reader

The Horror Theory Reader

Author: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
ISBN: 9781517917821
Format: Paperback
$62.99

A comprehensive guide to the timeless, paradoxical appeal of horror Why do we enjoy horror? The emotional responses...  Read More >>

When All the Men Wore Hats: Susan Cheever on the Stories of John Cheever

When All the Men Wore Hats: Susan Cheever on the Stories...

Author: Susan Cheever ,  Susan Cheever
ISBN: 9798228588516
Format: Audio
$105.47

""A sympathetic and illuminating account of The Stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of legendary...  Read More >>

When All the Men Wore Hats: Susan Cheever on the Stories of John Cheever

When All the Men Wore Hats: Susan Cheever on the Stories...

Author: Susan Cheever ,  Susan Cheever
ISBN: 9798228588523
Format: Audio
$94.91

""A sympathetic and illuminating account of The Stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of legendary...  Read More >>

Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe: WINNER OF THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE 2025

Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe:...

Author: Ian Collins
ISBN: 9781399819091
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Caricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel

Caricature and Realism in the Romantic Novel

Author: Olivia Ferguson
ISBN: 9781009274241
Format: Paperback
$59.49

This one-of-a-kind cultural history explores caricature as a distinctively literary phenomenon, exploring how realism...  Read More >>

Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel

Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century...

Author: Edwin Frank
ISBN: 9781529925722
Format: Paperback
$29.99

""A notable editor's survey of the defining novels of the twentieth century""--  Read More >>

The Look of the 1960s: Barbarella and Pulp Pop Comics

The Look of the 1960s: Barbarella and Pulp Pop Comics...

Author: Jan Baetens ,  Hugo Frey
ISBN: 9781477332504
Format: Hardback
$127.00

How the classic aesthetic of 1960s pulp comics influenced art, culture, and politics.  Read More >>

The Horror Theory Reader

The Horror Theory Reader

Author: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
ISBN: 9781517917814
Format: Hardback
$270.00

A comprehensive guide to the timeless, paradoxical appeal of horror Why do we enjoy horror? The emotional responses...  Read More >>

Into the Weeds

Into the Weeds

Author: Lydia Davis
ISBN: 9780300279740
Format: Hardback
$26.95

The author reflects upon her own creative process, attempting to answer the question, ""Why do you write?""  Read More >>

Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots: Black History in Contemporary Graphic Narrative

Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots: Black History in Contemporary...

Author: Daniel Stein
ISBN: 9781496860590
Format: Paperback
$60.50

A revelation of the powerful circuit between Black history and modern comics by African American creators  Read More >>

Schooled with Briars: Collected Serials, 1903-1913

Schooled with Briars: Collected Serials, 1903-1913

Author: L.M. Montgomery ,  Benjamin Lefebvre
ISBN: 9781487517489
Format: Paperback
$89.99

With critical commentary by L.M. Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre, Schooled with Briars reprints six of Montgomery's...  Read More >>

Alexander Pope: The Major Works

Alexander Pope: The Major Works

Author: Henry Power
ISBN: 9780198867852
Format: Hardback
$309.95

This new volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series presents Alexander Pope's work, including An Essay on...  Read More >>

Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots: Black History in Contemporary Graphic Narrative

Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots: Black History in Contemporary...

Author: Daniel Stein
ISBN: 9781496860583
Format: Hardback
$222.20

A revelation of the powerful circuit between Black history and modern comics by African American creators  Read More >>

Margaret Oliphant’s Curative Gothic Literature

Margaret Oliphant’s Curative Gothic Literature

Author: Katerina García-Walsh
ISBN: 9781032998725
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This monograph offers a comprehensive exploration of Oliphant’s Gothic literature, in the light of her religious...  Read More >>

Présences du sacré dans le symbolisme français et belge

Présences du sacré dans le symbolisme français et belge...

Author: Christoph Groß ,  Susanne A. Friede
ISBN: 9789004747234
Format: Hardback
$330.00

Lorsque le dogme se tait, le sacré peut-il encore faire entendre sa voix ? Ce volume invite à découvrir les modalités...  Read More >>

Fantastic Adventures in the Comics: Rockets, Genies, and Bug-Eyed Monsters, 1940s-1980s

Fantastic Adventures in the Comics: Rockets, Genies,...

Author: William Schoell
ISBN: 9781476694757
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Science fiction and fantasy comics present colorful if disparate visions of the future, from post-apocalyptic nightmare...  Read More >>

Impfstoffe und Nanochips: Die verborgenen Geheimnisse der ultimativen Waffe - Eine Warnung aus Japan

Impfstoffe und Nanochips: Die verborgenen Geheimnisse...

Author: Haruto Ouka
ISBN: 9798277200148
Format: Paperback
$30.68

Haben Sie jemals das unerklärliche Gefühl gehabt, dass mit dieser Welt etwas nicht stimmt? Spüren Sie eine schleichende...  Read More >>

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