Description |
1 online resource (xx, 393 p.) : ill., photos |
Series |
Gale eBooks
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"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
All quiet on the Western front / Erich Maria Remarque -- Ceremony / Leslie Marmon Silko -- The chosen / Chaim Potok -- Go tell it on the mountain / James Baldwin -- Great expectations / Charles Dickens -- The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood -- In country / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte -- July's people / Nadine Gordimer -- The natural / Bernard Malamud -- Night / Eliezer Wiesel -- The red badge of courage / Stephen Crane -- Seize the day / Saul Bellow -- The sound and the fury / William Faulkner -- Winesburg, Ohio / Sherwood Anderson -- The women of Brewster Place / Gloria Naylor. |
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 |
Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970. All quiet on the Western front.
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Silko, Leslie, 1948- Ceremony.
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Potok Chaim. Chosen.
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Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. Go tell it on the mountain.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Great expectations.
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Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Handmaid's tale.
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Mason, Bobbie Ann. In country.
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Bronte, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Jane Eyre.
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Gordimer, Nadine. July's people.
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Malamud, Bernard. Natural.
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Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016 Night.
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Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Red badge of courage.
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Bellow, Saul. Seize the day.
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Sound and the fury.
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Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. Winesburg, Ohio.
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Naylor, Gloria. Women of Brewster Place.
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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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Added Author |
Napierkowski, Marie Rose, editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for studnets, Volume 4. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c1998 9780787621148 |
ISBN |
9781414427973 (electronic book) |
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1414427972 (electronic book) |
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9780787621148 |
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0787621145 |
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