Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 12 :

Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 12 : Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. - 1 online resource (xxi, 375 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 ambassadors / Henry James -- Animal dreams / Barbara Kingsolver -- Bless me, Ultima / Rudolfo Anaya -- The bride price / Buchi Emecheta -- The edible woman / Margaret Atwood -- Little women / Louisa May Alcott -- Mrs. Dalloway / Virginia Woolf -- The octopus / Frank Norris -- The painted bird / Jerzy Kosinski -- Pilgrims in Aztlan / Miguel Mendez -- Rabbit, run / John Updike -- Rebecca / Daphne du Maurier -- The slave dancer / Paula Fox -- Too late the phalarope / Alan Paton -- The world according to Garp / John Irving.

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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James, Henry, 1843-1916. Ambassadors.
Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal dreams.
Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless me, Ultima.
Emecheta, Buchi. Bride price.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Edible woman.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Mrs. Dalloway.
Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. Octopus.
Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991. Painted bird.
Mendez M., Miguel. English. Peregrinos de Aztlan.
Updike, John. Rabbit, run.
Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907-1989. Rebecca.
Fox, Paula. Slave dancer.
Paton, Alan. Too late the phalarope.
Irving, John, 1942- World according to Garp.


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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