- Additional Authors
- Stanley, Deborah A.
- Description
- 1 online resource.
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Novels for students. Volume 7 (Online)
- Subjects
- Electronic books
- Literature > History and criticism
- Fiction > History and criticism
- Fiction > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States
- Fiction > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
- Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 > Prozess English
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941 > Portrait of the artist as a young man
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950 > Nineteen eighty-four
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Native son
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Moby Dick
- Naylor, Gloria > Mama Day
- Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- > Lesson before dying
- Yoshimoto, Banana, 1964- > Kitchin English
- Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 > Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 > Grapes of wrath
- Flagg, Fannie > Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
- Voltaire, 1694-1778 > Candide
- Wouk, Herman, 1915-2019 > Caine mutiny
- Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 > Alice's adventures in Wonderland
- Tyler, Anne > Accidental tourist
- Note
- "ISSN 1094-3552."
- Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The accidental tourist - Anne Tyler -- Alice's adventures in wonderland - Lewis Carroll -- The Caine mutiny - Herman Wouk -- Candide - Voltaire -- Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg -- The grapes of wrath - John Steinbeck -- The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - Douglas Adams -- Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto -- A lesson before dying - Ernest J. Gaines -- Mama Day - Gloria Naylor -- Moby-dick - Herman Melville -- Native son - Richard Wright -- 1984 - George Orwell -- A portrait of the artist as a young man - James Joyce -- The trial - Franz Kafka.
- OCLC
- ssj0000515613
- Title
Novels for students. Volume 7 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Deborah A. Stanley, editor.
- Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c1999.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Original Version
Original: xviii, 324 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.
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Stanley, Deborah A.