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"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. |
| Contents |
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain -- The bell jar - Sylvia Plath -- Black Boy - Richard Wright -- The bluest eye - Toni Morrison -- Catch-22 - Joseph Heller -- The catcher in the rye - J.D. Salinger -- Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury -- A farewell to arms - Ernest Hemingway -- Frankenstein - Mary Shelley -- The joy luck club - Amy Tan -- Love in the time of cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Of mice and men - John Steinbeck -- Ordinary people - Judith Guest -- Pride and prejudice - Jane Austen -- The scarlet letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne. |
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Access limited to licensed institutions. |
| 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: xviii, 350 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Plath, Sylvia. Bell jar.
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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Black boy.
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Morrison, Toni. Bluest eye.
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Heller, Joseph. Catch-22.
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Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919- Catcher in the rye.
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Bradbury, Ray, 1920- Fahrenheit 451.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Farewell to arms.
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
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Tan, Amy. Joy luck club.
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- Amor en los tiempos del colera. English.
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Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Of mice and men.
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Guest, Judith. Ordinary people.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter.
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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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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Telgen, Diane.
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| ISBN |
9780787616861 |
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0787616869 |
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