Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 15 :
Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 15 :
David Galens, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
- 1 online resource (xix, 310 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess -- The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett -- Demian / Hermann Hesse -- The house of mirth / Edith Wharton -- In the castle of my skin / George Lamming -- The last king of Scotland / Giles Foden -- Looking backward: 2000-1887 / Edward Bellamy -- Losing battles / Eudora Welty -- Main Street / Sinclair Lewis -- The mayor of Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy -- Rumble fish / S.E. Hinton -- Shizuko's daughter / Kyoko Mori -- Shoeless Joe / W.P. Kinsella.
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.
9781414428086
Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. Clockwork orange.
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Country of the pointed firs.
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. Demian.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth.
Lamming, George, 1927- In the castle of my skin.
Foden, Giles, 1967- Last king of Scotland.
Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898. Looking backward.
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Losing battles.
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Main street.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Mayor of Casterbridge.
Hinton, S. E. Rumble fish.
Mori, Kyoko. Shizuko's daughter.
Kinsella, W. P. Shoeless Joe.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.
PN3385
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess -- The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett -- Demian / Hermann Hesse -- The house of mirth / Edith Wharton -- In the castle of my skin / George Lamming -- The last king of Scotland / Giles Foden -- Looking backward: 2000-1887 / Edward Bellamy -- Losing battles / Eudora Welty -- Main Street / Sinclair Lewis -- The mayor of Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy -- Rumble fish / S.E. Hinton -- Shizuko's daughter / Kyoko Mori -- Shoeless Joe / W.P. Kinsella.
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.
9781414428086
Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. Clockwork orange.
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Country of the pointed firs.
Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. Demian.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth.
Lamming, George, 1927- In the castle of my skin.
Foden, Giles, 1967- Last king of Scotland.
Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898. Looking backward.
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Losing battles.
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Main street.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Mayor of Casterbridge.
Hinton, S. E. Rumble fish.
Mori, Kyoko. Shizuko's daughter.
Kinsella, W. P. Shoeless Joe.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.
PN3385