Novels for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 4 :

Novels for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 4 : Marie Rose Napierkowski, editor. - 1 online resource (xx, 393 pages) : illustrations, photos - Gale eBooks .

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

Includes bibliographies and index.

All quiet on the Western front / Erich Maria Remarque -- Ceremony / Leslie Marmon Silko -- The chosen / Chaim Potok -- Go tell it on the mountain / James Baldwin -- Great expectations / Charles Dickens -- The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood -- In country / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte -- July's people / Nadine Gordimer -- The natural / Bernard Malamud -- Night / Eliezer Wiesel -- The red badge of courage / Stephen Crane -- Seize the day / Saul Bellow -- The sound and the fury / William Faulkner -- Winesburg, Ohio / Sherwood Anderson -- The women of Brewster Place / Gloria Naylor.

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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Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970. All quiet on the Western front.
Silko, Leslie, 1948- Ceremony.
Potok Chaim. Chosen.
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Go tell it on the mountain.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Great expectations.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Handmaid's tale.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. In country.
Bronte, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Jane Eyre.
Gordimer, Nadine. July's people.
Malamud, Bernard. Natural.
Wiesel, Elie, 1928. Night.
Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Red badge of courage.
Bellow, Saul. Seize the day.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Sound and the fury.
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. Winesburg, Ohio.
Naylor, Gloria. Women of Brewster Place.


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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