Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 10 :
Michael L. LaBlanc and Ira Mark Milne, editors ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 330 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Atlas shrugged / Ayn Rand -- Breathing lessons / Anne Tyler -- A Christmas carol / Charles Dickens -- Chronicle of a death foretold / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- The dead of the house / Hannah Green -- House made of dawn / N. Scott Momaday -- Howards end / E.M. Forster -- The naked and the dead / Norman Mailer -- Pigs in heaven / Barbara Kingsolver -- Shogun: a novel of Japan / James du Maresq Clavell -- Summer of my German soldier / Bette Greene -- War and peace / Leo Tolstoy.
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.
9781414428031
Rand, Ayn. Atlas shrugged. Tyler, Anne. Breathing lessons. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol. Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- English. Cronica de una muerte anunciada. Green, Hannah. Dead of the house. Momaday, N. Scott, 1934- House made of dawn. Forster, E. M. 1879-1970. Howards end. Mailer, Norman. Naked and the dead. Kingsolver, Barbara. Pigs in heaven. Clavell, James. Shogun. Greene, Bette, 1934- Summer of my German soldier. Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. English. Voina i mir.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Fiction--History and criticism. Literature--History and criticism.