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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.

Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2002.

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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

 
    
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