Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 11 :
Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 11 :
Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 381 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The age of innocence / Edith Wharton -- Appointment in Samarra / John O'Hara -- Bastard out of Carolina / Dorothy Allison -- Betsey Brown / Ntozake Shange -- Body and soul / Frank Conroy -- Cane / Jean Toomer -- The clan of the cave bear / Jean Auel -- The crazy horse electric game / Chris Crutcher -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The grass dancer / Susan Power -- Less than zero / Bret Easton Ellis -- The return of the native / Thomas Hardy -- A room with a view / E.M. Forster -- The stone angel / Margaret Laurence -- Watership down / Richard Adams.
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.
9781414428048
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Age of innocence.
O'Hara, John, 1905-1970. Appointment in Samarra.
Allison, Dorothy. Bastard out of Carolina.
Shange, Ntozake. Betsey Brown.
Conroy, Frank, 1936-2005. Body and soul.
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967. Cane.
Auel, Jean M. Clan of the cave bear.
Crutcher, Chris. Crazy horse electric game.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Power, Susan, 1961- Grass dancer.
Ellis, Bret Easton. Less than zero.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Return of the native.
Forster, E. M. 1879-1970. Room with a view.
Laurence, Margaret. Stone Angel.
Adams, Richard, 1920- Watership down.
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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"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The age of innocence / Edith Wharton -- Appointment in Samarra / John O'Hara -- Bastard out of Carolina / Dorothy Allison -- Betsey Brown / Ntozake Shange -- Body and soul / Frank Conroy -- Cane / Jean Toomer -- The clan of the cave bear / Jean Auel -- The crazy horse electric game / Chris Crutcher -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The grass dancer / Susan Power -- Less than zero / Bret Easton Ellis -- The return of the native / Thomas Hardy -- A room with a view / E.M. Forster -- The stone angel / Margaret Laurence -- Watership down / Richard Adams.
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.
9781414428048
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Age of innocence.
O'Hara, John, 1905-1970. Appointment in Samarra.
Allison, Dorothy. Bastard out of Carolina.
Shange, Ntozake. Betsey Brown.
Conroy, Frank, 1936-2005. Body and soul.
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967. Cane.
Auel, Jean M. Clan of the cave bear.
Crutcher, Chris. Crazy horse electric game.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Power, Susan, 1961- Grass dancer.
Ellis, Bret Easton. Less than zero.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Return of the native.
Forster, E. M. 1879-1970. Room with a view.
Laurence, Margaret. Stone Angel.
Adams, Richard, 1920- Watership down.
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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