Title Novels for students. Volume 12 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.| [Gale electronic resource]

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Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2001.

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Description	1 online resource (xxi, 375 pages) : illustrations, photos.
Series	Gale eBooks
Note	"ISSN 1094-3552."
	Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The ambassadors / Henry James -- Animal dreams / Barbara Kingsolver -- Bless me, Ultima / Rudolfo Anaya -- The bride price / Buchi Emecheta -- The edible woman / Margaret Atwood -- Little women / Louisa May Alcott -- Mrs. Dalloway / Virginia Woolf -- The octopus / Frank Norris -- The painted bird / Jerzy Kosinski -- Pilgrims in Aztlan / Miguel Mendez -- Rabbit, run / John Updike -- Rebecca / Daphne du Maurier -- The slave dancer / Paula Fox -- Too late the phalarope / Alan Paton -- The world according to Garp / John Irving.
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.
Subject	James, Henry, 1843-1916. Ambassadors.
	Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal dreams.
	Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless me, Ultima.
	Emecheta, Buchi. Bride price.
	Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Edible woman.
	Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women.
	Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Mrs. Dalloway.
	Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. Octopus.
	Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991. Painted bird.
	Mendez M., Miguel. Peregrinos de Aztlan. English.
	Updike, John. Rabbit, run.
	Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907-1989. Rebecca.
	Fox, Paula. Slave dancer.
	Paton, Alan. Too late the phalarope.
	Irving, John, 1942- World according to Garp.
	Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
	Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
	Fiction -- History and criticism.
	Literature -- History and criticism.
Added Author	Thomason, Elizabeth, editor.
	Gale Group.
Other Form:	Print version: Novels for studnets, Volume 12. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2001 9780787648954
ISBN	9781414428055 (electronic book)
	1414428057 (electronic book)
	9780787648954
	0787648957

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