| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 368 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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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 |
Alas, Babylon / Pat Frank -- The alchemist / Paulo Coelho -- Anthem / Ayn Rand -- Bless the beasts and the children / Glendon Swarthout -- Bread givers / Anzia Yezierska -- A day no pigs would die / Robert Newton Peck -- Einstein's dreams / Alan Lightman -- Eva luna / Isabel Allende -- I, robot / Isaac Asimov -- The magic mountain / Thomas Mann -- Mansfield park / Jane Austen -- Something wicked this way comes / Ray Bradbury -- Utopia / Thomas More -- Year of impossible goodbyes / Sook Nyul Choi. |
| Summary |
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance. |
| Subject |
Frank, Pat, 1908- Alas, Babylon.
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Coelho, Paulo. Alquimista. English.
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Rand, Ayn. Anthem.
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Swarthout, Glendon Fred. Bless the beasts and the children.
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Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. Bread givers.
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Peck, Robert Newton. Day no pigs would die.
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Lightman, Alan P., 1948- Einstein's dreams.
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Allende, Isabel. Eva luna.
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Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. I, robot.
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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Zauberberg. English.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Mansfield park.
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Bradbury, Ray, 1920- Something wicked this way comes.
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More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.
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Choi, Sook Nyul. Year of impossible goodbyes.
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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 |
Constantakis, Sara, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for students, Volume 29. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2009 9780787686864 |
| ISBN |
9781414449456 (electronic book) |
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9780787686864 |
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