Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 31 :
Sara Constantakis, project editor.
- 1 online resource (xix, 385 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
The bonesetter's daughter / by Amy Tan -- Cold Sassy tree / by Olive Ann Burns -- Dune / by Frank Herbert -- Ivanhoe / by Walter Scott -- The namesake / by Jhumpa Lahiri -- The power and the glory / by Graham Greene -- The princess bride / by William Goldman -- The prince and the pauper / by Mark Twain -- Reservation blues / by Sherman Alexie -- The Scarlet Pimpernel / by Emmuska Orczy -- Speak / by Laurie Halse Anderson -- A tree grows in Brooklyn / by Betty Smith -- When rain clouds gather / by Bessie Head -- Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance : an inquiry into values / by Robert Pirsig.
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.
9781414449470
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Fiction--History and criticism. Literature--History and criticism.