Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 9 : 
Deborah A. Stanley and Ira Mark Milne, editors ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 326 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/>Always coming home / Ursula K. Le Guin --  Billy Budd, sailor: an inside narrative / Herman Melville --  Deliverance / James Dickey --  The fixer / Bernard Malamud --  Gone with the wind / Margaret Mitchell --  In the time of the butterflies / Julia Alvarez --  The last of the Mohicans / James Fenimore Cooper --  Lolita / Vladimir Nabokov --  On the beach / Nevil Shute --  Out of Africa / Isak Dinesen --  The prince / Niccolo Machiavelli --  Robinson Crusoe / Daniel Defoe --  Roots: the story of an American family / Alex Haley --  Rubyfruit jungle / Rita Mae Brown --  Tex / S.E. Hinton. 
<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>9781414428024 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-  Always coming home. <br/>Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.  Billy Budd. <br/>Dickey, James. Deliverance. <br/>Malamud, Bernard. Fixer. <br/>Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.  Gone with the wind. <br/>Alvarez, Julia. In the time of the butterflies. <br/>Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.  Last of the Mohicans. <br/>Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977.  Lolita. <br/>Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960.  On the beach. <br/>Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.  Out of Africa. <br/>Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527.  English.  Principe. <br/>Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.  Robinson Crusoe. <br/>Haley, Alex. Roots. <br/>Brown, Rita Mae. Rubyfruit jungle. <br/>Hinton, S. E. Tex. 
<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