Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 11 : 
Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 
 - 1 online resource (xxii, 381 pages) :  illustrations, photographs. 
 - Gale eBooks .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 1094-3552."  Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue:  Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781414428048 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.  Age of innocence. <br/>O'Hara, John, 1905-1970.  Appointment in Samarra. <br/>Allison, Dorothy. Bastard out of Carolina. <br/>Shange, Ntozake. Betsey Brown. <br/>Conroy, Frank, 1936-2005.  Body and soul. <br/>Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967.  Cane. <br/>Auel, Jean M. Clan of the cave bear. <br/>Crutcher, Chris. Crazy horse electric game. <br/>Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.  Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. <br/>Power, Susan, 1961-  Grass dancer. <br/>Ellis, Bret Easton. Less than zero. <br/>Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.  Return of the native. <br/>Forster, E. M. 1879-1970.  Room with a view. <br/>Laurence, Margaret. Stone Angel. <br/>Adams, Richard, 1920-  Watership down. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Fiction--History and criticism.<br/>Literature--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN3385