TY - BOOK AU - Milne,Ira Mark ED - Gale Group. TI - Novels for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels T2 - Gale eBooks SN - 9781414410548 AV - PN3385 PY - 2007///.] CY - Detroit, Mich. PB - Gale KW - Hulme, Keri. KW - Wilder, Thornton, KW - Lurie, Alison. KW - Blume, Judy. KW - Robinson, Marilynne. KW - Faulkner, William, KW - Lewis, C. S. KW - Eugenides, Jeffrey. KW - Kingsolver, Barbara. KW - Hesse, Hermann, KW - Updike, John. KW - Oates, Joyce Carol, KW - Fiction KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - United States KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) KW - History and criticism KW - Literature N1 - "ISSN 1094-3552."; Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan; 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/5LGJ/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=columbiaiu ER -