Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 5 :
Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 5 :
Sheryl Ciccarelli, Marie Rose Napierkowski, editors.
- 1 online resource (xx, 395 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / Ernest J. Gaines -- The bean trees / Barbara Kingsolver -- The color purple / Alice Walker -- Do androids dream of electric sheep? / Philip K. Dick -- Ender's game / Orson Scott Card -- Ethan Frome / Edith Wharton -- Giants in the earth / O.E. Rolvaag -- How the Garcia girls lost their accents / Julia Alvarez -- Like water for chocolate / Laura Esquivel -- Love medicine / Louise Erdrich -- Les miserables / Victor Hugo -- One hundred years of solitude / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- The outsiders / S.E. Hinton -- The pearl / John Steinbeck -- The sun also rises / Ernest Hemingway -- A tale of two cities / Charles Dickens.
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.
9781414427980
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
Kingsolver, Barbara. Bean trees.
Walker, Alice, 1944- Color purple.
Dick, Philip K. Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's game.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Ethan Frome.
Rolvaag, O. E. 1876-1931. Giants in the earth.
Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia girls lost their accents.
Esquivel, Laura, 1950- English. Como agua para chocolate.
Erdrich, Louise. Love medicine.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Miserables.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- English. Cien anos de soledad.
Hinton, S. E. Outsiders.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Pearl.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Sun also rises.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Tale of two cities.
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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"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / Ernest J. Gaines -- The bean trees / Barbara Kingsolver -- The color purple / Alice Walker -- Do androids dream of electric sheep? / Philip K. Dick -- Ender's game / Orson Scott Card -- Ethan Frome / Edith Wharton -- Giants in the earth / O.E. Rolvaag -- How the Garcia girls lost their accents / Julia Alvarez -- Like water for chocolate / Laura Esquivel -- Love medicine / Louise Erdrich -- Les miserables / Victor Hugo -- One hundred years of solitude / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- The outsiders / S.E. Hinton -- The pearl / John Steinbeck -- The sun also rises / Ernest Hemingway -- A tale of two cities / Charles Dickens.
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.
9781414427980
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.
Kingsolver, Barbara. Bean trees.
Walker, Alice, 1944- Color purple.
Dick, Philip K. Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's game.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Ethan Frome.
Rolvaag, O. E. 1876-1931. Giants in the earth.
Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia girls lost their accents.
Esquivel, Laura, 1950- English. Como agua para chocolate.
Erdrich, Louise. Love medicine.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Miserables.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- English. Cien anos de soledad.
Hinton, S. E. Outsiders.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Pearl.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Sun also rises.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Tale of two cities.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.
PN3385