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Title Novels for students. Volume 12 [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 ambassadors - Henry James -- Animal dreams - Barbara Kingsolver -- Bless me, Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya -- The bride price - Buchi Emecheta -- The edible woman - Margaret Atwood -- Little women - Louisa May Alcott -- Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf -- The octopus - Frank Norris -- The painted bird - Jerzy Kosinski -- Pilgrims in Aztlan - Miguel Mendez -- Rabbit, run - John Updike -- Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier -- The slave dancer - Paula Fox -- Too late the phalarope - Alan Paton -- The world according to Garp - John Irving.
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: xxi, 375 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.
Subject	James, Henry, 1843-1916. Ambassadors.
	Kingsolver, Barbara. Animal dreams.
	Anaya, Rudolfo A. Bless me, Ultima.
	Emecheta, Buchi. Bride price.
	Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Edible woman.
	Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Little women.
	Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Mrs. Dalloway.
	Norris, Frank, 1870-1902. Octopus.
	Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991. Painted bird.
	Mendez M., Miguel. Peregrinos de Aztlan. English.
	Updike, John. Rabbit, run.
	Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907-1989. Rebecca.
	Fox, Paula. Slave dancer.
	Paton, Alan. Too late the phalarope.
	Irving, John, 1942- World according to Garp.
	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	9780787648954
	0787648957