Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 2 : Diane Telgen, editor. - 1 online resource (xviii, 350 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

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

Includes bibliographies and index.

The chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Dinner at the homesick restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Invisible man / Ralph Ellison -- Lord of the flies / William Golding -- My Antonia / Willa Cather -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Ken Kesey -- A separate peace / John Knowles -- Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe -- To kill a mockingbird -- Harper Lee -- Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte.

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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Cormier, Robert. Chocolate war.
Tyler, Anne. Dinner at the homesick restaurant.
Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940. Great Gatsby.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
Cisneros, Sandra. House on Mango Street.
Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings.
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible man.
Golding, William, 1911-1993. Lord of the flies.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. My Antonia.
Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
Knowles, John, 1926-2001. Separate peace.
Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart.
Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird.
Bronte, Emily, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights.


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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