Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 44 : Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. - 1 online resource (xxi, 358 pages) : illustrations, portraits, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-3552."



The american / by Henry James -- The antelope wife / by Louise Erdrich -- The book thief / by Markus Zusak -- A canticle for Leibowitz / by Walter M. Miller Jr. -- Clear light of day / by Anita Desai -- The hundred secret senses / by Amy Tan -- Johnny got his gun / by Dalton Trumbo -- The leopard / by Giuseppe di Lampedusa -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest -- Ragtime -- The salt eaters / by Toni Cade Bambara -- The third life of grange copeland / by Alice Walker -- The way of all flesh / by Samuel Butler -- Zorro / by Isabel Allende.

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.



9781414492735


Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.

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