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Novels for students. Volume 11 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, [(c)2001.]Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 381 pages) : illustrations, photographsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414428048
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3385
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Contents:
The age of innocence / Edith Wharton -- Appointment in Samarra / John O'Hara -- Bastard out of Carolina / Dorothy Allison -- Betsey Brown / Ntozake Shange -- Body and soul / Frank Conroy -- Cane / Jean Toomer -- The clan of the cave bear / Jean Auel -- The crazy horse electric game / Chris Crutcher -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The grass dancer / Susan Power -- Less than zero / Bret Easton Ellis -- The return of the native / Thomas Hardy -- A room with a view / E.M. Forster -- The stone angel / Margaret Laurence -- Watership down / Richard Adams.
Summary: 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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"ISSN 1094-3552."

Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The age of innocence / Edith Wharton -- Appointment in Samarra / John O'Hara -- Bastard out of Carolina / Dorothy Allison -- Betsey Brown / Ntozake Shange -- Body and soul / Frank Conroy -- Cane / Jean Toomer -- The clan of the cave bear / Jean Auel -- The crazy horse electric game / Chris Crutcher -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The grass dancer / Susan Power -- Less than zero / Bret Easton Ellis -- The return of the native / Thomas Hardy -- A room with a view / E.M. Forster -- The stone angel / Margaret Laurence -- Watership down / Richard Adams.

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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