| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 330 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 |
Atlas shrugged / Ayn Rand -- Breathing lessons / Anne Tyler -- A Christmas carol / Charles Dickens -- Chronicle of a death foretold / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- The dead of the house / Hannah Green -- House made of dawn / N. Scott Momaday -- Howards end / E.M. Forster -- The naked and the dead / Norman Mailer -- Pigs in heaven / Barbara Kingsolver -- Shogun: a novel of Japan / James du Maresq Clavell -- Summer of my German soldier / Bette Greene -- War and peace / Leo Tolstoy. |
| 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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Rand, Ayn. Atlas shrugged.
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Tyler, Anne. Breathing lessons.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol.
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- Cronica de una muerte anunciada. English.
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Green, Hannah. Dead of the house.
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Momaday, N. Scott, 1934- House made of dawn.
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Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Howards end.
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Mailer, Norman. Naked and the dead.
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Kingsolver, Barbara. Pigs in heaven.
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Clavell, James. Shogun.
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Greene, Bette, 1934- Summer of my German soldier.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Voina i mir. English.
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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 |
LaBlanc, Michael L., editor.
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Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for studnets, Volume 10. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2001 9780787638290 |
| ISBN |
9781414428031 (electronic book) |
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1414428030 (electronic book) |
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9780787638290 |
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0787638293 |
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