| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 348 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 |
Dusklands / J.M. Coetzee -- Emma / Jane Austen -- The French lieutenant's woman / John Fowles -- I, Claudius / Robert Graves -- The immoralist / Andre Gide -- Juneteenth / Ralph Ellison -- Kim / Rudyard Kipling -- The Maltese falcon / Dashiell Hammett -- Nausea / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Parable of the sower / Octavia Butler -- Tambourines to glory / Langston Hughes -- The violent bear it away / Flannery O'Connor. |
| 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 |
Coetzee, J. M., 1940- Dusklands.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Emma.
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Fowles, John, 1926-2005. French lieutenant's woman.
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Graves, Robert, 1895- I, Claudius.
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Gide, André, 1869-1951. Immoraliste. English.
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Ellison, Ralph. Juneteenth.
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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Kim.
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Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. Maltese falcon.
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Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980. Nausea.
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Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the sower.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Tambourines to glory.
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O'Connor, Flannery. Violent bear it away.
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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 |
Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Sisler, Timothy, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for students, Volume 21. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005 9780787669447 |
| ISBN |
9781414405698 (electronic book) |
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1414405693 (electronic book) |
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9780787669447 |
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078766944X |
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