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Novels for students. Volume 2 : presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Diane Telgen, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [(c)1997.]Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 350 pages) : illustrations, photographsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414427959
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3385
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Contents:
The chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Dinner at the homesick restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Invisible man / Ralph Ellison -- Lord of the flies / William Golding -- My Antonia / Willa Cather -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Ken Kesey -- A separate peace / John Knowles -- Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe -- To kill a mockingbird -- Harper Lee -- Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte.
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 chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Dinner at the homesick restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Invisible man / Ralph Ellison -- Lord of the flies / William Golding -- My Antonia / Willa Cather -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Ken Kesey -- A separate peace / John Knowles -- Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe -- To kill a mockingbird -- Harper Lee -- Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte.

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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