| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 387 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 |
Animal farm / George Orwell -- Annie John / Jamaica Kincaid -- The awakening / Kate Chopin -- Crime and punishment / Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Cry, the beloved coutry / Alan Paton -- Democracy / Joan Didion -- Ellen Foster / Kaye Gibbons -- The giver / Lois Lowry -- Grendel / John Gardner -- Obasan / Joy Kogawa -- A passage to India / E.M. Forster -- Slaughterhouse-five / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles / Thomas Hardy -- Their eyes were watching God / Zora Neale Hurston -- Wise blood / Flannery O'Connor -- A yellow raft in blue water / Michael Dorris. |
| 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 |
Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Animal farm.
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Kincaid, Jamaica. Annie John.
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Chopin, Kate, 1851-1904. Awakening.
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Crime and punishment.
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Paton, Alan. Cry, the beloved coutry.
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Didion, Joan. Democracy.
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Gibbons, Kaye, 1960- Ellen Foster.
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Lowry, Lois. Giver.
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Gardner, John, 1933- Grendel.
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Kogawa, Joy. Obasan.
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Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Passage to India.
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Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-five.
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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. Their eyes were watching God.
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O'Connor, Flannery. Wise blood.
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Dorris, Michael. Yellow raft in blue water.
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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 |
Telgen, Diane, editor.
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Hile, Kevin, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for studnets, Volume 3. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c1998 9780787621131 |
| ISBN |
9781414427966 (electronic book) |
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1414427964 (electronic book) |
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9780787621131 |
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0787621137 |
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