Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 24 : 
Ira Mark Milne, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 330 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/>The bone people / Keri Hulme --  The bridge of San Luis Ray / Thornton Wilder --  Foreign affairs / Alison Lurie --  Forever ... / Judy Blume --  Gilead / Marilynne Robinson --  Light in August / William Faulkner --  The lion, the witch and the wardrobe / C.S. Lewis --  Middlesex / Jeffrey Eugenides --  The poisonwood bible / Barbara Kingsolver --  Steppenwolf / Hermann Hesse --  Toward the end of time / John Updike --  We were the Mulvaneys / Joyce Carol Oates. 
<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>9781414410548 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hulme, Keri. Bone people. <br/>Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.  Bridge of San Luis Ray. <br/>Lurie, Alison. Foreign affairs. <br/>Blume, Judy. Forever. <br/>Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead. <br/>Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.  Light in August. <br/>Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963.  Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. <br/>Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex. <br/>Kingsolver, Barbara. Poisonwood bible. <br/>Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962.  Steppenwolf. <br/>Updike, John. Toward the end of time. <br/>Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-  We were the Mulvaneys. 
<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