Novels for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 21 :
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler, project editors ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
- 1 online resource (xxi, 348 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Dusklands / J.M. Coetzee -- Emma / Jane Austen -- The French lieutenant's woman / John Fowles -- I, Claudius / Robert Graves -- The immoralist / Andre Gide -- Juneteenth / Ralph Ellison -- Kim / Rudyard Kipling -- The Maltese falcon / Dashiell Hammett -- Nausea / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Parable of the sower / Octavia Butler -- Tambourines to glory / Langston Hughes -- The violent bear it away / Flannery O'Connor.
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.
9781414405698
Coetzee, J. M., 1940- Dusklands. Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Emma. Fowles, John, 1926-2005. French lieutenant's woman. Graves, Robert, 1895- I, Claudius. Gide, Andr�e, 1869-1951. English. Immoraliste. Ellison, Ralph. Juneteenth. Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Kim. Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. Maltese falcon. Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. Nausea. Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the sower. Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Tambourines to glory. O'Connor, Flannery. Violent bear it away.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Fiction--History and criticism. Literature--History and criticism.