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Title Novels for students. Volume 11 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

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Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2001.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Gale Electronic Resource	Electronic Resource	---	Available

Note	"ISSN 1094-3552."
	Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Contents	The age of innocence - Edith Wharton -- Appointment in Samarra - John O'Hara -- Bastard out of Carolina - Dorothy Allison -- Betsey Brown - Ntozake Shange -- Body and soul - Frank Conroy -- Cane - Jean Toomer -- The clan of the cave bear - Jean Auel -- The crazy horse electric game - Chris Crutcher -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson -- The grass dancer - Susan Power -- Less than zero - Bret Easton Ellis -- The return of the native - Thomas Hardy -- A room with a view - E.M. Forster -- The stone angel - Margaret Laurence -- Watership down - Richard Adams.
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: xxii, 381 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.
Subject	Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Age of innocence.
	O'Hara, John, 1905-1970. Appointment in Samarra.
	Allison, Dorothy. Bastard out of Carolina.
	Shange, Ntozake. Betsey Brown.
	Conroy, Frank, 1936-2005. Body and soul.
	Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967. Cane.
	Auel, Jean M. Clan of the cave bear.
	Crutcher, Chris. Crazy horse electric game.
	Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
	Power, Susan, 1961- Grass dancer.
	Ellis, Bret Easton. Less than zero.
	Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Return of the native.
	Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Room with a view.
	Laurence, Margaret. Stone Angel.
	Adams, Richard, 1920-2016 Watership down.
	Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
	Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
	Fiction -- History and criticism.
	Literature -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Thomason, Elizabeth.
ISBN	9780787648947
	0787648949