Bibliograph

Novels for students. :, presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /, Jennifer Smith, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, Volume 14

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Novels for students. :, presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /, Jennifer Smith, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, Volume 14

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsphotographs

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Novels for students. :

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

297117214

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Smith, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan

Series statement

Gale eBooks

Sub title

presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /

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

Table Of 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

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