| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 326 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 |
Always coming home / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Billy Budd, sailor: an inside narrative / Herman Melville -- Deliverance / James Dickey -- The fixer / Bernard Malamud -- Gone with the wind / Margaret Mitchell -- In the time of the butterflies / Julia Alvarez -- The last of the Mohicans / James Fenimore Cooper -- Lolita / Vladimir Nabokov -- On the beach / Nevil Shute -- Out of Africa / Isak Dinesen -- The prince / Niccolo Machiavelli -- Robinson Crusoe / Daniel Defoe -- Roots: the story of an American family / Alex Haley -- Rubyfruit jungle / Rita Mae Brown -- Tex / S.E. Hinton. |
| 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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Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Always coming home.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
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Dickey, James. Deliverance.
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Malamud, Bernard. Fixer.
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Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949. Gone with the wind.
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Alvarez, Julia. In the time of the butterflies.
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Last of the Mohicans.
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Lolita.
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Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960. On the beach.
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Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Out of Africa.
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Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527. Principe. English.
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe.
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Haley, Alex. Roots.
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Brown, Rita Mae. Rubyfruit jungle.
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Hinton, S. E. Tex.
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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 |
Stanley, Deborah A., editor.
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Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for studnets, Volume 9. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2000 9780787638283 |
| ISBN |
9781414428024 (electronic book) |
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1414428022 (electronic book) |
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9780787638283 |
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0787638285 |
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