Novels for students. :, presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /, Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, Volume 11
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- Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
- Crutcher, Chris
- Adams, Richard, 1920-2016
- Fiction + Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
- Conroy, Frank, 1936-2005
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
- O'Hara, John, 1905-1970
- Allison, Dorothy
- Shange, Ntozake
- Power, Susan, 1961-
- Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967
- Laurence, Margaret
- Ellis, Bret Easton
- Auel, Jean M
- Literature + History and criticism
- Fiction + History and criticism
- Forster, E. M., Edward Morgan, 1879-1970
- Fiction + Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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Novels for students. :, presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /, Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, Volume 11
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
photographsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Novels for students. :
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
297117571
Responsibility statement
Elizabeth Thomason, 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
The age of innocence / Edith Wharton -- Appointment in Samarra / John O'Hara -- Bastard out of Carolina / Dorothy Allison -- Betsey Brown / Ntozake Shange -- Body and soul / Frank Conroy -- Cane / Jean Toomer -- The clan of the cave bear / Jean Auel -- The crazy horse electric game / Chris Crutcher -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The grass dancer / Susan Power -- Less than zero / Bret Easton Ellis -- The return of the native / Thomas Hardy -- A room with a view / E.M. Forster -- The stone angel / Margaret Laurence -- Watership down / Richard Adams
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