LEADER 00000cam 2200577 a 4500 003 MiFhGG 005 20141230163824.0 006 m d 007 cr un ---uuuua 008 050525s2002 miuao sb 001 0deng d 020 9781414428062 (electronic book) 020 1414428065 (electronic book) 020 9780787648961 020 0787648965 035 (OCoLC)297118015 040 NSDP|cNSDP|dMiFhGG 082 00 808 082 00 808|213 245 00 Novels for students.|nVolume 13|h[Gale EBooks electronic resource] :|bpresenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /|cElizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 260 Detroit, Mich. :|bGale Group,|cc2002. 490 0 Gale virtual reference library 500 "ISSN 1094-3552." 500 Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Absalom, Absalom! - William Faulkner -- All the king's men - Robert Penn Warren -- Brideshead revisited - Evelyn Waugh -- The death of the heart - Elizabeth Bowen -- The kitchen god's wife - Amy Tan -- The member of the wedding - Carson McCullers -- Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe -- Nectar in a sieve - Kamala Markandaya -- The optimist's daughter - Eudora Welty -- The remains of the day -- Kazuo Ishiguro -- Snow falling on cedars - David Guterson -- Surfacing - Margaret Atwood -- The sweet hereafter - Russell Banks -- Vanity Fair - William Thackeray -- The wonderful wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum. 520 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. 534 |pOriginal: |exix, 361 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. 600 10 Faulkner, William,|d1897-1962.|tAbsalom, Absalom! 600 10 Warren, Robert Penn,|d1905-1989.|tAll the king's men. 600 10 Waugh, Evelyn,|d1903-1966.|tBrideshead revisited. 600 10 Bowen, Elizabeth,|d1899-1973.|tDeath of the heart. 600 10 Tan, Amy.|tKitchen god's wife. 600 10 McCullers, Carson,|d1917-1967.|tMember of the wedding. 600 10 Defoe, Daniel,|d1661?-1731.|tFortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders. 600 10 Markandaya, Kamala,|d1924-|tNectar in a sieve. 600 10 Welty, Eudora,|d1909-2001.|tOptimist's daughter. 600 10 Ishiguro, Kazuo,|d1954-|tRemains of the day. 600 10 Guterson, David.|tSnow falling on cedars. 600 10 Atwood, Margaret,|d1939-|tSurfacing. 600 10 Banks, Russell,|d1940-|tSweet hereafter. 600 10 Thackeray, William Makepeace,|d1811-1863.|tVanity fair. 600 10 Baum, L. Frank|q(Lyman Frank),|d1856-1919.|tWizard of Oz. 650 0 Fiction|xStudy and teaching (Higher)|zUnited States. 650 0 Fiction|xStudy and teaching (Secondary)|zUnited States. 650 0 Fiction|xHistory and criticism. 650 0 Literature|xHistory and criticism. 700 1 Thomason, Elizabeth,|eeditor. 710 2 Gale Group. 856 40 |uhttp://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88 -2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&req_dat=info: sid/gale:ugnid:napervillepl&res_id=info:sid/gale:GVRL& ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev: mtx:book&rft_id=info:sid/gale:bmcode:recid/5GSR|zAvailable for Naperville Public Library via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access