Novels for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 18 :

Novels for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 18 : David Galens, project editor ; forward by Anne Devereaux Jordan. - 1 online resource (xix, 333 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

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



Daughter of fortune / Isabel Allende -- Dracula / Bram Stoker -- I am the cheese / Robert Cormier -- A long and happy life / Reynolds Price -- Look homeward, angel / Thomas Wolfe -- Sense and sensibility / Jane Austen -- Sons and lovers / D.H. Lawrence -- Tom Jones / Henry Fielding -- The unbearable lightness of being / Milan Kundera -- Under the net / Iris Murdoch -- A very long engagement / Sebastien Japrisot -- Waterland / Graham Swift -- When the legends die / Hal Borland.

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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Allende, Isabel.
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
Cormier, Robert.
Price, Reynolds, 1933-
Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930.
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Kundera, Milan.
Murdoch, Iris.
Japrisot, S�bastien, 1931-
Swift, Graham, 1949-
Borland, Hal, 1900-1978.


Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--20th century.
Fiction--19th century.
American fiction--20th century.
American fiction--19th century.
American fiction--18th century.
English fiction--19th century.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.

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