Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 36 :
Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 36 :
Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
- 1 online resource (xix, 376 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
All quiet on the western front -- All the pretty horses / by Cormac McCarthy -- The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / by Junot Diaz -- The crying of lot 49 / by Thomas Pynchon -- Extremely loud and incredibly close / by Jonathan Safran Foer -- Herland / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The island of Dr. Moreau / by H.G. Wells -- Lord of the flies -- Platero and I / by Juan Ramon Jimenez -- Praisesong for the widow / by Paule Marshall -- The red tent / by Anita Diamant -- Shane / by Jack Warner Schaefer -- The third man / by Graham Greene -- Villette / by Charlotte Bronte.
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance.
9781414473659
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.
All quiet on the western front -- All the pretty horses / by Cormac McCarthy -- The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / by Junot Diaz -- The crying of lot 49 / by Thomas Pynchon -- Extremely loud and incredibly close / by Jonathan Safran Foer -- Herland / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The island of Dr. Moreau / by H.G. Wells -- Lord of the flies -- Platero and I / by Juan Ramon Jimenez -- Praisesong for the widow / by Paule Marshall -- The red tent / by Anita Diamant -- Shane / by Jack Warner Schaefer -- The third man / by Graham Greene -- Villette / by Charlotte Bronte.
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance.
9781414473659
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.
PN3385