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"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. |
Contents |
Always coming home - Ursula K. Le Guin -- Billy Budd, sailor: an inside narrative - Herman Melville -- Deliverance - James Dickey -- The fixer - Bernard Malamud -- Gone with the wind - Margaret Mitchell -- In the time of the butterflies - Julia Alvarez -- The last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper -- Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov -- On the beach - Nevil Shute -- Out of Africa - Isak Dinesen -- The prince - Niccolo Machiavelli -- Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe -- Roots: the story of an American family - Alex Haley -- Rubyfruit jungle - Rita Mae Brown -- Tex - S.E. Hinton. |
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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: xviii, 326 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
Subject |
Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929- Always coming home.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
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Dickey, James. Deliverance.
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Malamud, Bernard. Fixer.
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Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949. Gone with the wind.
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Alvarez, Julia. In the time of the butterflies.
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Last of the Mohicans.
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Lolita.
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Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960. On the beach.
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Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Out of Africa.
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Machiavelli, Niccolo, 1469-1527. Principe. English.
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe.
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Haley, Alex. Roots.
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Brown, Rita Mae. Rubyfruit jungle.
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Hinton, S. E. Tex.
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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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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Stanley, Deborah A.
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Milne, Ira Mark.
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ISBN |
9780787638283 |
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0787638285 |
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