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Title Novels for students. Volume 17 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / David Galens, project editor ; forward by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2003.

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Note "ISSN 1094-3552."
Guest forward "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Contents An American tragedy - Theodore Dreiser -- The big sleep - Raymond Chandler -- Death in Venice - Thomas Mann -- The lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven - Sherman Alexie -- The mambo kings play songs of love - Oscar Hijuelos -- The mill on the floss - George Eliot -- The red pony - John Steinbeck -- Schindler's list - Thomas Keneally -- Scoop - Evelyn Waugh -- Smilla's sense of snow - Peter Hoeg -- Soul catcher - Frank Herbert -- The time machine - H.G. Wells -- The tree of red stars - Tessa Bridal -- What looks like crazy on an ordinary day - Pearl Cleage.
Access 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: xx, 326 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subject Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959.
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
Hijuelos, Oscar.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Keneally, Thomas.
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966.
Hg, Peter, 1957-
Herbert, Frank.
Wells, H. G., (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
Bridal, Tessa, 1947-
Cleage, Pearl.
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
Fiction -- 20th century.
Fiction -- 19th century.
American fiction -- 20th century.
American fiction -- 19th century.
American fiction -- 18th century.
English fiction -- 19th century.
Fiction -- History and criticism.
Literature -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Galens, David.
ISBN 9780787660291
0787660299

 
    
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