| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 333 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest forward "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Daughter of fortune / Isabel Allende -- Dracula / Bram Stoker -- I am the cheese / Robert Cormier -- A long and happy life / Reynolds Price -- Look homeward, angel / Thomas Wolfe -- Sense and sensibility / Jane Austen -- Sons and lovers / D.H. Lawrence -- Tom Jones / Henry Fielding -- The unbearable lightness of being / Milan Kundera -- Under the net / Iris Murdoch -- A very long engagement / Sebastien Japrisot -- Waterland / Graham Swift -- When the legends die / Hal Borland. |
| 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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Allende, Isabel.
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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912.
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Cormier, Robert.
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Price, Reynolds, 1933-
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Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930.
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Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
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Kundera, Milan.
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Murdoch, Iris.
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Japrisot, Šbastien, 1931-
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Swift, Graham, 1949-
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Borland, Hal, 1900-1978.
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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 -- 20th century.
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Fiction -- 19th century.
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American fiction -- 20th century.
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American fiction -- 19th century.
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American fiction -- 18th century.
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English fiction -- 19th century.
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Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Galens, David, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for students, Volume 18. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003 9780787660307 |
| ISBN |
9780787692841 (electronic book) |
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0787692840 (electronic book) |
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9780787660307 |
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0787660302 |
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