Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 14 : Jennifer Smith, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. - 1 online resource (xxi, 362 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cat's eye / Margaret Atwood -- For whom the bell tolls / Ernest Hemingway -- Hatter Fox / Marilyn Harris -- Herzog / Saul Bellow -- Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert -- Margret Howth / Rebecca Harding Davis -- Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens -- Persuasion / Jane Austen -- The pigman / Paul Zindel -- A prayer for Owen Meany / John Irving -- Ship of fools / Katherine Anne Porter -- Sula / Toni Morrison -- The three musketeers / Alexandre Dumas -- USA / John Dos Passos -- The wrestling match / Buchi Emecheta.

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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Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Cat's eye.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. For whom the bell tolls.
Harris, Marilyn, 1931- Hatter Fox.
Bellow, Saul. Herzog.
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary.
Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910. Margret Howth.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Oliver Twist.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Persuasion.
Zindel, Paul. Pigman.
Irving, John, 1942- Prayer for Owen Meany.
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Ship of fools.
Morrison, Toni. Sula.
Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870. English. Trois mousquetaires.
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970. U.S.A.
Emecheta, Buchi. Wreslting match.


Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.

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