Novels for students. Volume 50 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.| [Gale electronic resource]
Publication Info.
Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]
Burger's daughter / by Nadine Gordimer -- Code name verity / by Elizabeth Wein -- The guide / by R. K. Narayan -- Lie down in darkness / by William Styron -- The loved one / by Evelyn Waugh -- The magicians / by Lev Grossman -- O brother, where art thou? -- Rebecca -- Rickshaw boy / by Lao She -- The secret history / by Donna Tartt -- The sheltering sky / by Paul Bowles -- Someone like you / by Sarah Dessen -- Unless / by Carol Shields -- Yonnondio : from the thirties / by Tillie Olsen.
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.