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Gale virtual reference library
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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 |
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy -- Cannery row - John Steinbeck -- Cat's cradle - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. -- The dew breaker - Edwidge Danticat -- The good soldier - Ford Madox Ford -- The hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- Hullabaloo in the guava orchard - Kiran Desai -- Nervous conditions - Tsitsi Dangarembga -- Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen -- Notes from underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- So far from the bamboo grove - Yoko Kawashima Watkins -- Sweetgrass - Jan Hudson -- The waves - Virginia Woolf -- White Noise - Don DeLillo. |
| Summary |
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance. |
| Original Version |
Original: xix, 349 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Anna Karenina. English.
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Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Cannery row.
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Vonnegut, Kurt. Cat's cradle.
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Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- Dew breaker.
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Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939. Good soldier.
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930. Hound of the Baskervilles.
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Desai, Kiran, 1971- Hullabaloo in the guava orchard.
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Dangarembga, Tsitsi. Nervous conditions.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Northanger Abbey.
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Zapiski iz podpolia. English.
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Watkins, Yoko Kawashima. So far from the bamboo grove.
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Hudson, Jan, 1954- Sweetgrass.
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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Waves.
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DeLillo, Don. White noise.
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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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| ISBN |
9781414438320 (electronic book) |
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