Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

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Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist

Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist

Author: Denis Sampson
ISBN: 9780199682348
Format: Paperback
$65.95

Denis Sampson explores John McGahern's discovery of art as a young man and traces the development of his signature...  Read More >>

Where the Shadows Lie: A Jungian Interpretation of Tolkiens the Lord of the Rings

Where the Shadows Lie: A Jungian Interpretation of Tolkiens...

Author: Pia Skogemann
ISBN: 9781630510572
Format: Hardback
$98.20

Where the Shadows Lie takes the reader on a journey through Tolkien's Middle-earth, following the hobbits, their...  Read More >>

The Romance between Greece and the East

The Romance between Greece and the East

Author: Tim Whitmarsh (University of Oxford) ,  Stuart Thomson (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
ISBN: 9781107038240
Format: Hardback
$282.04

The contact zones between Greece and the Near East represent one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of ancient-world...  Read More >>

Medieval Invasions in Modern Irish Literature

Medieval Invasions in Modern Irish Literature

Author: J. Ulin
ISBN: 9781137297495
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Medieval Invasions in Modern Irish Literature offers the first book-length treatment of the literary return to and...  Read More >>

Lima Barreto: New Critical Perspectives

Lima Barreto: New Critical Perspectives

Author: Lamonte Aidoo ,  Daniel F. Silva
ISBN: 9780739176122
Format: Hardback
$160.95

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Building Imaginary Worlds

Building Imaginary Worlds

Author: Author Mark J P Wolf (Concordia University Wisconsin, USA)
ISBN: 9781299657977
Format: Electronic book text
$462.00

Mark J.P. Wolf s study of imaginary worlds theorizes world-building within and across media, including literature,...  Read More >>

Legilimens!: Perspectives in Harry Potter Studies

Legilimens!: Perspectives in Harry Potter Studies

Author: Christopher E Bell
ISBN: 9781306309295
Format: Electronic book text
$190.50

The current state of scholarship surrounding Harry Potter is both vibrant and varied. One of the reasons scholars...  Read More >>

Road to Middle-Earth

Road to Middle-Earth

Author: Walter Ong Professor of Literature Tom Shippey (St. Louis University)
ISBN: 9781306417013
Format: Electronic book text
$34.32

The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien's creativity...  Read More >>

Bedazzled: Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight Phenomenon

Bedazzled: Stephenie Meyer and the Twilight Phenomenon...

Author: George Beahm
ISBN: 9781306429498
Format: Electronic book text
$23.73

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The Voices of Suspense and Their Translation in Thrillers

The Voices of Suspense and Their Translation in Thrillers...

Author: Susanne M Cadera ,  Anita Pavic Pintaric
ISBN: 9781306738620
Format: Electronic book text
$211.20

The volume aims to be a reference work for all researchers interested in the study of fictional dialogue and its...  Read More >>

Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction

Apocalypse in Contemporary Japanese Science Fiction...

Author: Motoko Tanaka
ISBN: 9781306837293
Format: Electronic book text
$224.40

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After Sherlock Holmes: The Evolution of British and American Detective Stories, 1891-1914

After Sherlock Holmes: The Evolution of British and...

Author: LeRoy Lad Panek
ISBN: 9781306958554
Format: Electronic book text
$105.60

Explores the development of detective fiction during the critical period between Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock...  Read More >>

Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism: Beyond the Golden Rule

Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of...

Author: Elana Gomel (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
ISBN: 9781322048154
Format: Electronic book text
$224.40

This book brings together two important cultural trends: alien encounters and posthumanism. By considering scenarios...  Read More >>

Invasions USA

Invasions USA

Author: Michael Bliss
ISBN: 9781322036533
Format: Electronic book text
$84.45

Of the twenty or so science fiction films produced in America during the 1950s, there is a fascinating subset of...  Read More >>

Detectives, Dystopias, and Poplit: Studies in Modern German Genre Fiction

Detectives, Dystopias, and Poplit: Studies in Modern...

Author: Bruce B Campbell ,  Alison Guenther-Pal
ISBN: 9781322094625
Format: Electronic book text
$237.60

Some of the most exciting research and teaching in the field of German Studies is being done on genre fiction,...  Read More >>

Ray Bradbury Unbound

Ray Bradbury Unbound

Author: Jonathan R Eller
ISBN: 9781322089904
Format: Electronic book text
$92.27

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Anatomy of a Robot: Literature, Cinema, and the Cultural Work of Artificial People

Anatomy of a Robot: Literature, Cinema, and the Cultural...

Author: Despina Kakoudaki
ISBN: 9781322111124
Format: Electronic book text
$224.40

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Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows

Author: James Arthur Anderson
ISBN: 9781322183947
Format: Electronic book text
$13.17

James Arthur Anderson takes a structuralist approach to dissecting the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)....  Read More >>

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature...

Author: M Keith Booker (University of Arkansas)
ISBN: 9781322195360
Format: Electronic book text
$250.77

The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature is a useful reference to the broad and burgeoning field...  Read More >>

Black and Brown Planets

Black and Brown Planets

Author: Isiah Lavender III
ISBN: 9781322190884
Format: Electronic book text
$396.00

Literary explorations into the radical, hopeful racial futures imagined by science fiction  Read More >>

Crime Scenes

Crime Scenes

Author: Urszula Elias
ISBN: 9781322206998
Format: Electronic book text
$343.89

Crime Scenes: Modern Crime Fiction in an International Context examines the ways in which crime fiction has developed...  Read More >>

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