| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 332 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 |
The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay / Michael Chabon -- American pastoral / Philip Roth -- Cold mountain / Charles Frazier -- David Copperfield / Charles Dickens -- The deerslayer / James Fenimore Cooper -- Empire Falls / Richard Russo -- The good earth / Pearl S. Buck -- In Babylon / Marcel Mṟing -- Independence day / Richard Ford -- No-no boy / John Okada -- Stones from the river / Ursula Hegi -- Waiting / Ha Jin. |
| 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. |
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Chabon, Michael. Amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
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Roth, Philip. American pastoral.
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Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. David Copperfield.
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Deerslayer.
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Russo, Richard, 1949- Empire Falls.
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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. Good earth.
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Möring, Marcel. In Babylon.
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Ford, Richard, 1944- Independence day.
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Okada, John. No-no boy.
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Hegi, Ursula. Stones from the river.
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Jin, Ha, 1956- Waiting.
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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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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for students, Volume 25. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2007 9780787686826 |
| ISBN |
9781414429328 (electronic book) |
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1414429320 (electronic book) |
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9780787686826 |
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0787686824 |
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