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.



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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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