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"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. |
Contents |
Charming Billy - Alice McDermott -- The English patient - Michael Ondaatje -- Gravity's rainbow - Thomas Pynchon -- Hotel du lac - Anita Brookner -- The hours - Michael Cunningham -- I never promised you a rose garden - Joanne Greenberg -- Kaddish for a child not born - Imre Kertesz -- Middlemarch - George Eliot -- Midnight's children - Salman Rushdie -- Paradise of the blind - Duong Thu Huong -- The razor's edge - W. Somerset Maugham -- The stone diaries - Carol Shields -- The ugly American - William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick -- Winter in the blood - James Welch. |
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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. |
Original Version |
Original: xix, 355 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
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McDermott, Alice. Charming Billy.
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Ondaatje, Michael, 1943- English patient.
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Pynchon, Thomas. Gravity's rainbow.
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Brookner, Anita. Hotel du lac.
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Cunningham, Michael, 1952- Hours.
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Greenberg, Joanne. I never promised you a rose garden.
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Kertesz, Imre, 1929- Kaddish for a child not born.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Middlemarch.
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Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's children.
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Duong, Thu Huong. Paradise of the blind.
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Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. Razor's edge.
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Shields, Carol. Stone diaries.
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Lederer, William J., 1912- Ugly American.
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Burdick, Eugene. Ugly American.
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Welch, James, 1940- Winter in the blood.
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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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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Constantakis, Sara.
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ISBN |
9780787669461 |
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0787669466 |
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