Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 29 :
Sara Constantakis, project editor.
- 1 online resource (xix, 368 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Alas, Babylon / Pat Frank -- The alchemist / Paulo Coelho -- Anthem / Ayn Rand -- Bless the beasts and the children / Glendon Swarthout -- Bread givers / Anzia Yezierska -- A day no pigs would die / Robert Newton Peck -- Einstein's dreams / Alan Lightman -- Eva luna / Isabel Allende -- I, robot / Isaac Asimov -- The magic mountain / Thomas Mann -- Mansfield park / Jane Austen -- Something wicked this way comes / Ray Bradbury -- Utopia / Thomas More -- Year of impossible goodbyes / Sook Nyul Choi.
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance.
9781414449456
Frank, Pat, 1908- Alas, Babylon. Coelho, Paulo. English. Alquimista. Rand, Ayn. Anthem. Swarthout, Glendon Fred. Bless the beasts and the children. Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. Bread givers. Peck, Robert Newton. Day no pigs would die. Lightman, Alan P., 1948- Einstein's dreams. Allende, Isabel. Eva luna. Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. I, robot. Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. English. Zauberberg. Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Mansfield park. Bradbury, Ray, 1920- Something wicked this way comes. More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia. Choi, Sook Nyul. Year of impossible goodbyes.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Fiction--History and criticism. Literature--History and criticism.