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Novels for students. Volume 15 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / David Galens, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [(c)2002.]Description: 1 online resource (xix, 310 pages) : illustrations, photographsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414428086
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3385
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Contents:
A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess -- The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett -- Demian / Hermann Hesse -- The house of mirth / Edith Wharton -- In the castle of my skin / George Lamming -- The last king of Scotland / Giles Foden -- Looking backward: 2000-1887 / Edward Bellamy -- Losing battles / Eudora Welty -- Main Street / Sinclair Lewis -- The mayor of Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy -- Rumble fish / S.E. Hinton -- Shizuko's daughter / Kyoko Mori -- Shoeless Joe / W.P. Kinsella.
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.

A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess -- The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett -- Demian / Hermann Hesse -- The house of mirth / Edith Wharton -- In the castle of my skin / George Lamming -- The last king of Scotland / Giles Foden -- Looking backward: 2000-1887 / Edward Bellamy -- Losing battles / Eudora Welty -- Main Street / Sinclair Lewis -- The mayor of Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy -- Rumble fish / S.E. Hinton -- Shizuko's daughter / Kyoko Mori -- Shoeless Joe / W.P. Kinsella.

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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