Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 15 : 
David Galens, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 310 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/>A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess --  The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett --  Demian / Hermann Hesse --  The house of mirth / Edith Wharton --  In the castle of my skin / George Lamming --  The last king of Scotland / Giles Foden --  Looking backward: 2000-1887 / Edward Bellamy --  Losing battles / Eudora Welty --  Main Street / Sinclair Lewis --  The mayor of Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy --  Rumble fish / S.E. Hinton --  Shizuko's daughter / Kyoko Mori --  Shoeless Joe / W.P. Kinsella. 
<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>9781414428086 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993.  Clockwork orange. <br/>Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.  Country of the pointed firs. <br/>Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.  Demian. <br/>Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.  House of mirth. <br/>Lamming, George, 1927-  In the castle of my skin. <br/>Foden, Giles, 1967-  Last king of Scotland. <br/>Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898.  Looking backward. <br/>Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001.  Losing battles. <br/>Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.  Main street. <br/>Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.  Mayor of Casterbridge. <br/>Hinton, S. E. Rumble fish. <br/>Mori, Kyoko. Shizuko's daughter. <br/>Kinsella, W. P. Shoeless Joe. 
<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