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Novels for students. Volume 13 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, [(c)2002.]Description: 1 online resource (xix, 361 pages) : illustrations, photographsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414428062
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3385
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Contents:
Absalom, Absalom! / William Faulkner -- All the king's men / Robert Penn Warren -- Brideshead revisited / Evelyn Waugh -- The death of the heart / Elizabeth Bowen -- The kitchen god's wife / Amy Tan -- The member of the wedding / Carson McCullers -- Moll Flanders / Daniel Defoe -- Nectar in a sieve / Kamala Markandaya -- The optimist's daughter / Eudora Welty -- The remains of the day -- Kazuo Ishiguro -- Snow falling on cedars / David Guterson -- Surfacing / Margaret Atwood -- The sweet hereafter / Russell Banks -- Vanity Fair / William Thackeray -- The wonderful wizard of Oz / L. Frank Baum.
Summary: 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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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Absalom, Absalom! / William Faulkner -- All the king's men / Robert Penn Warren -- Brideshead revisited / Evelyn Waugh -- The death of the heart / Elizabeth Bowen -- The kitchen god's wife / Amy Tan -- The member of the wedding / Carson McCullers -- Moll Flanders / Daniel Defoe -- Nectar in a sieve / Kamala Markandaya -- The optimist's daughter / Eudora Welty -- The remains of the day -- Kazuo Ishiguro -- Snow falling on cedars / David Guterson -- Surfacing / Margaret Atwood -- The sweet hereafter / Russell Banks -- Vanity Fair / William Thackeray -- The wonderful wizard of Oz / L. Frank Baum.

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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