Novels for students. Volume 26 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Ira Mark Milne, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Contents
Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak -- Humboldt's gift - Saul Bellow -- The killer angels - Michael Shaara -- The known world - Edward P. Jones -- The lord of the rings - J.R.R. Tolkien -- March - Geraldine Brooks -- Martian time-slip - Philip K. Dick -- Picture bride - Yoshiko Uchida -- The rainbow - D.H. Lawrence -- The tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte -- Ulysses - James Joyce.
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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.