Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 7 : 
Deborah A. Stanley, editor. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 324 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 accidental tourist / Anne Tyler --  Alice's adventures in wonderland / Lewis Carroll --  The Caine mutiny / Herman Wouk --  Candide / Voltaire --  Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe / Fannie Flagg --  The grapes of wrath / John Steinbeck --  The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy / Douglas Adams --  Kitchen / Banana Yoshimoto --  A lesson before dying / Ernest J. Gaines --  Mama Day / Gloria Naylor --  Moby-dick / Herman Melville --  Native son / Richard Wright --  1984 / George Orwell --  A portrait of the artist as a young man / James Joyce --  The trial / Franz Kafka. 
<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>9781414428000 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tyler, Anne. Accidental tourist. <br/>Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.  Alice's adventures in Wonderland. <br/>Wouk, Herman, 1915-  Caine mutiny. <br/>Voltaire, 1694-1778.  Candide. <br/>Flagg, Fannie. Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. <br/>Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.  Grapes of wrath. <br/>Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001.  Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. <br/>Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964-  English.  Kitchin. <br/>Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-  Lesson before dying. <br/>Naylor, Gloria. Mama Day. <br/>Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.  Moby Dick. <br/>Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.  Native son. <br/>Orwell, George, 1903-1950.  Nineteen eighty-four. <br/>Joyce, James, 1882-1941.  Portrait of the artist as a young man. <br/>Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.  English.  Prozess. 
<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