Novels for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 18 :
David Galens, project editor ; forward by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
- 1 online resource (xix, 333 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest forward "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Daughter of fortune / Isabel Allende -- Dracula / Bram Stoker -- I am the cheese / Robert Cormier -- A long and happy life / Reynolds Price -- Look homeward, angel / Thomas Wolfe -- Sense and sensibility / Jane Austen -- Sons and lovers / D.H. Lawrence -- Tom Jones / Henry Fielding -- The unbearable lightness of being / Milan Kundera -- Under the net / Iris Murdoch -- A very long engagement / Sebastien Japrisot -- Waterland / Graham Swift -- When the legends die / Hal Borland.
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.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Fiction--20th century. Fiction--19th century. American fiction--20th century. American fiction--19th century. American fiction--18th century. English fiction--19th century. Fiction--History and criticism. Literature--History and criticism.