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Title Novels for students. Volume 3 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Diane Telgen and Kevin Hile, editors.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c1998.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 387 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 Animal farm / George Orwell -- Annie John / Jamaica Kincaid -- The awakening / Kate Chopin -- Crime and punishment / Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Cry, the beloved coutry / Alan Paton -- Democracy / Joan Didion -- Ellen Foster / Kaye Gibbons -- The giver / Lois Lowry -- Grendel / John Gardner -- Obasan / Joy Kogawa -- A passage to India / E.M. Forster -- Slaughterhouse-five / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles / Thomas Hardy -- Their eyes were watching God / Zora Neale Hurston -- Wise blood / Flannery O'Connor -- A yellow raft in blue water / Michael Dorris.
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 Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Animal farm.
Kincaid, Jamaica. Annie John.
Chopin, Kate, 1851-1904. Awakening.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Crime and punishment.
Paton, Alan. Cry, the beloved coutry.
Didion, Joan. Democracy.
Gibbons, Kaye, 1960- Ellen Foster.
Lowry, Lois. Giver.
Gardner, John, 1933- Grendel.
Kogawa, Joy. Obasan.
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Passage to India.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-five.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their eyes were watching God.
O'Connor, Flannery. Wise blood.
Dorris, Michael. Yellow raft in blue water.
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
Fiction -- History and criticism.
Literature -- History and criticism.
Added Author Telgen, Diane, editor.
Hile, Kevin, editor.
Gale (Firm)
Other Form: Print version: Novels for studnets, Volume 3. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c1998 9780787621131
ISBN 9781414427966 (electronic book)
1414427964 (electronic book)
9780787621131
0787621137

 
    
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