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Title Novels for students. Volume 16 [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 (xvii, 299 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	The day of the locust / Nathanael West -- The end of the affair / Graham Greene -- Evelina / Fanny Burney -- Fathers and Sons / Ivan Turgenev -- The fountainhead / Ayn Rand -- A gathering of old men / Ernest J. Gaines -- The godfather / Mario Puzo -- Lord Jim / Joseph Conrad -- The plague / Albert Camus -- That was then, this is now / S.E. Hinton -- The turn of the screw / Henry James.
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	West, Nathanael, 1903-1940. Day of the locust.
	Greene, Graham, 1904-1991. End of the affair.
	Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840. Evelina.
	Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883. Ottsy i deti. English.
	Rand, Ayn. Fountainhead.
	Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-2019 Gathering of old men.
	Puzo, Mario, 1920-1999. Godfather.
	Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Lord Jim.
	Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Peste. English.
	Hinton, S. E. That was then, this is now.
	James, Henry, 1843-1916. Turn of the screw.
	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 16. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2002 9780787648992
ISBN	9781414428093 (electronic book)
	141442809X (electronic book)
	9780787648992
	078764899X