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Novels for students. :, presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /, David Galens, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, Volume 15

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Novels for students. :, presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /, David Galens, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, Volume 15

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

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

297117262

Responsibility statement

David Galens, project 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

A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess -- The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett -- Demian / Hermann Hesse -- The house of mirth / Edith Wharton -- In the castle of my skin / George Lamming -- The last king of Scotland / Giles Foden -- Looking backward: 2000-1887 / Edward Bellamy -- Losing battles / Eudora Welty -- Main Street / Sinclair Lewis -- The mayor of Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy -- Rumble fish / S.E. Hinton -- Shizuko's daughter / Kyoko Mori -- Shoeless Joe / W.P. Kinsella

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