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Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain -- Beloved - Toni Morrison -- Brave new world - Aldous Huxley -- Gulliver's travels - Jonathan Swift -- The heart is a lonely hunter - Carson McCullers -- The house of the spirits - Isabel Allende -- The jungle - Upton Sinclair -- The left hand of darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin -- The old man and the sea - Ernest Hemingway -- One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -- Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow -- Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse -- The stranger - Albert Camus -- Uncle Tom's cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe -- The woman warrior - Maxine Hong Kingston. |
| 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. |
| Original Version |
Original: xix, 366 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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Morrison, Toni. Beloved.
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Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Brave new world.
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Gulliver's travels.
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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Heart is a lonely hunter.
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Allende, Isabel. Casa de los espiritus. English.
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Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. Jungle.
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Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018. Left hand of darkness.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Old man and the sea.
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Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918- Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha. English.
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Doctorow, E. L., 1931- Ragtime.
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Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. Siddhartha.
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Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Étranger. English.
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin.
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Kingston, Maxine Hong. Woman warrior.
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Napierkowski, Marie Rose, editor.
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Stanley, Deborah A., editor.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
9781414427997 (electronic book) |
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1414427999 (electronic book) |
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