Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 13 : 
Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 361 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/>Absalom, Absalom! / William Faulkner --  All the king's men / Robert Penn Warren --  Brideshead revisited / Evelyn Waugh --  The death of the heart / Elizabeth Bowen --  The kitchen god's wife / Amy Tan --  The member of the wedding / Carson McCullers --  Moll Flanders / Daniel Defoe --  Nectar in a sieve / Kamala Markandaya --  The optimist's daughter / Eudora Welty --  The remains of the day --  Kazuo Ishiguro --  Snow falling on cedars / David Guterson --  Surfacing / Margaret Atwood --  The sweet hereafter / Russell Banks --  Vanity Fair / William Thackeray --  The wonderful wizard of Oz / L. Frank Baum. 
<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>9781414428062 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.  Absalom, Absalom! <br/>Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989.  All the king's men. <br/>Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.  Brideshead revisited. <br/>Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973.  Death of the heart. <br/>Tan, Amy. Kitchen god's wife. <br/>McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967.  Member of the wedding. <br/>Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.  Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders. <br/>Markandaya, Kamala, 1924-  Nectar in a sieve. <br/>Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001.  Optimist's daughter. <br/>Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-  Remains of the day. <br/>Guterson, David. Snow falling on cedars. <br/>Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-  Surfacing. <br/>Banks, Russell, 1940-  Sweet hereafter. <br/>Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.  Vanity fair. <br/>Baum, L. Frank 1856-1919.  Wizard of Oz. 
<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