TY - BOOK AU - Thomason,Elizabeth ED - Gale Group. TI - Novels for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels T2 - Gale eBooks SN - 9781414428055 AV - PN3385 PY - 2001///.] CY - Detroit, Mich. PB - Gale Group KW - James, Henry, KW - Kingsolver, Barbara. KW - Anaya, Rudolfo A. KW - Emecheta, Buchi. KW - Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, KW - Alcott, Louisa May, KW - Woolf, Virginia, KW - Norris, Frank, KW - Kosinski, Jerzy, KW - Mendez M., Miguel. KW - Updike, John. KW - Du Maurier, Daphne, KW - Fox, Paula. KW - Paton, Alan. KW - Irving, John, KW - Fiction KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - United States KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) KW - History and criticism KW - Literature N1 - "ISSN 1094-3552."; Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan; 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/5GSQ/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=columbiaiu ER -