Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 10 :

Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 10 : Michael L. LaBlanc and Ira Mark Milne, editors ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. - 1 online resource (xxi, 330 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Atlas shrugged / Ayn Rand -- Breathing lessons / Anne Tyler -- A Christmas carol / Charles Dickens -- Chronicle of a death foretold / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- The dead of the house / Hannah Green -- House made of dawn / N. Scott Momaday -- Howards end / E.M. Forster -- The naked and the dead / Norman Mailer -- Pigs in heaven / Barbara Kingsolver -- Shogun: a novel of Japan / James du Maresq Clavell -- Summer of my German soldier / Bette Greene -- War and peace / Leo Tolstoy.

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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Rand, Ayn. Atlas shrugged.
Tyler, Anne. Breathing lessons.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- English. Cronica de una muerte anunciada.
Green, Hannah. Dead of the house.
Momaday, N. Scott, 1934- House made of dawn.
Forster, E. M. 1879-1970. Howards end.
Mailer, Norman. Naked and the dead.
Kingsolver, Barbara. Pigs in heaven.
Clavell, James. Shogun.
Greene, Bette, 1934- Summer of my German soldier.
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. English. Voina i mir.


Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.

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