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Novels for students. Volume 22 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Sara Constantakis and Ira Mark Milne, project editors ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [(c)2006.]Description: 1 online resource (xix, 344 pages) : illustrations, photographsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414405704
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3385
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Contents:
The autobiography of an ex-coloured man / James Weldon Johnson -- Black Beauty / Anna Sewell -- The damnation of Theron Ware / Harold Frederic -- Dandelion wine / Ray Bradbury -- A death in the family / James Agee -- Elmer Gantry / Sinclair Lewis -- The God of small things / Arundhati Roy -- The name of the rose / Umberto Eco -- The prime of Miss Jean Brodie / Muriel Spark -- The satanic verses / Salman Rushdie -- Sophie's choice / William Styron -- The woman in the dunes / Kobo Abe.
Summary: Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
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"ISSN 1094-3552."

Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The autobiography of an ex-coloured man / James Weldon Johnson -- Black Beauty / Anna Sewell -- The damnation of Theron Ware / Harold Frederic -- Dandelion wine / Ray Bradbury -- A death in the family / James Agee -- Elmer Gantry / Sinclair Lewis -- The God of small things / Arundhati Roy -- The name of the rose / Umberto Eco -- The prime of Miss Jean Brodie / Muriel Spark -- The satanic verses / Salman Rushdie -- Sophie's choice / William Styron -- The woman in the dunes / Kobo Abe.

Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.

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