| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 362 p.) : ill., photos. |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cat's eye / Margaret Atwood -- For whom the bell tolls / Ernest Hemingway -- Hatter Fox / Marilyn Harris -- Herzog / Saul Bellow -- Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert -- Margret Howth / Rebecca Harding Davis -- Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens -- Persuasion / Jane Austen -- The pigman / Paul Zindel -- A prayer for Owen Meany / John Irving -- Ship of fools / Katherine Anne Porter -- Sula / Toni Morrison -- The three musketeers / Alexandre Dumas -- USA / John Dos Passos -- The wrestling match / Buchi Emecheta. |
| 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 |
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Cat's eye.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. For whom the bell tolls.
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Harris, Marilyn, 1931-2002 Hatter Fox.
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Bellow, Saul. Herzog.
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Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary.
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Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910. Margret Howth.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Oliver Twist.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Persuasion.
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Zindel, Paul. Pigman.
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Irving, John, 1942- Prayer for Owen Meany.
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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Ship of fools.
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Morrison, Toni. Sula.
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Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870. Trois mousquetaires. English.
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Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970. U.S.A.
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Emecheta, Buchi. Wreslting match.
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Jennifer (Editor at Gale (Firm)), editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for studnets, Volume 14. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2002 9780787648978 |
| ISBN |
9781414428079 (electronic book) |
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1414428073 (electronic book) |
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9780787648978 |
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0787648973 |
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