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Novels for students. Volume 12 : 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 (xxi, 375 pages) : illustrations, photographsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414428055
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3385
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Contents:
The ambassadors / Henry James -- Animal dreams / Barbara Kingsolver -- Bless me, Ultima / Rudolfo Anaya -- The bride price / Buchi Emecheta -- The edible woman / Margaret Atwood -- Little women / Louisa May Alcott -- Mrs. Dalloway / Virginia Woolf -- The octopus / Frank Norris -- The painted bird / Jerzy Kosinski -- Pilgrims in Aztlan / Miguel Mendez -- Rabbit, run / John Updike -- Rebecca / Daphne du Maurier -- The slave dancer / Paula Fox -- Too late the phalarope / Alan Paton -- The world according to Garp / John Irving.
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 ambassadors / Henry James -- Animal dreams / Barbara Kingsolver -- Bless me, Ultima / Rudolfo Anaya -- The bride price / Buchi Emecheta -- The edible woman / Margaret Atwood -- Little women / Louisa May Alcott -- Mrs. Dalloway / Virginia Woolf -- The octopus / Frank Norris -- The painted bird / Jerzy Kosinski -- Pilgrims in Aztlan / Miguel Mendez -- Rabbit, run / John Updike -- Rebecca / Daphne du Maurier -- The slave dancer / Paula Fox -- Too late the phalarope / Alan Paton -- The world according to Garp / John Irving.

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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