| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 350 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
| Series |
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 |
The chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Dinner at the homesick restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Invisible man / Ralph Ellison -- Lord of the flies / William Golding -- My Antonia / Willa Cather -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Ken Kesey -- A separate peace / John Knowles -- Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe -- To kill a mockingbird -- Harper Lee -- Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte. |
| 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 |
Cormier, Robert. Chocolate war.
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Tyler, Anne. Dinner at the homesick restaurant.
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Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby.
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
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Cisneros, Sandra. House on Mango Street.
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Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings.
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Ellison, Ralph. Invisible man.
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Golding, William, 1911-1993. Lord of the flies.
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Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. My Antonia.
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Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
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Knowles, John, 1926-2001. Separate peace.
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Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart.
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Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird.
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Bronte, Emily, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights.
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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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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for studnets, Volume 2. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c1997 9780787616878 |
| ISBN |
9781414427959 (electronic book) |
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1414427956 (electronic book) |
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9780787616878 |
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0787616877 |
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