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Title Novels for students. Volume 15 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / David Galens, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

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Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2002.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Gale Reference E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (xix, 310 p.) : ill., photos.
Series	Gale eBooks
Note	"ISSN 1094-3552."
	Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess -- The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett -- Demian / Hermann Hesse -- The house of mirth / Edith Wharton -- In the castle of my skin / George Lamming -- The last king of Scotland / Giles Foden -- Looking backward: 2000-1887 / Edward Bellamy -- Losing battles / Eudora Welty -- Main Street / Sinclair Lewis -- The mayor of Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy -- Rumble fish / S.E. Hinton -- Shizuko's daughter / Kyoko Mori -- Shoeless Joe / W.P. Kinsella.
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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993. Clockwork orange.
	Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Country of the pointed firs.
	Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. Demian.
	Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth.
	Lamming, George, 1927-2022- In the castle of my skin.
	Foden, Giles, 1967- Last king of Scotland.
	Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898. Looking backward.
	Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Losing battles.
	Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Main street.
	Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Mayor of Casterbridge.
	Hinton, S. E. Rumble fish.
	Mori, Kyoko. Shizuko's daughter.
	Kinsella, W. P. Shoeless Joe.
	Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
	Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
	Fiction -- History and criticism.
	Literature -- History and criticism.
Added Author	Galens, David, editor.
	Gale (Firm)
Other Form:	Print version: Novels for studnets, Volume 15. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2002 9780787648985
ISBN	9781414428086 (electronic book)
	1414428081 (electronic book)
	9780787648985
	0787648981