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"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest forward "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. |
| 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. |
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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. |
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Original: xix, 333 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
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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, Sbastien, 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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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Galens, David.
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| ISBN |
9780787660307 |
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0787660302 |
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