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Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels

Title
Novels for students. Volume 8 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Marie Rose Napierkowski and Deborah A. Stanley, editors.
Publication
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Napierkowski, Marie Rose
  • 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 8 (Online)
Subject
  • Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
  • Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
  • London, Jack, 1876-1916
  • Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616
  • Ballard, J. G., 1930-
  • Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973
  • Butler, Octavia E
  • Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich, 1891-1940
  • Fuentes, Carlos
  • Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
  • Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
  • Morrison, Toni
  • Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
  • Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
  • Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
  • Fiction > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
  • Fiction > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States
  • Fiction > History and criticism
  • Literature > History and criticism
Note
  • "ISSN 1094-3552."
  • Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
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Contents
As I lay dying - William Faulkner -- The brothers Karamazov - Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky -- The call of the wild - Jack London -- Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra -- Empire of the sun - J.G. Ballard -- The hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien -- Kindred - Octavia Butler -- The master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov -- The old gringo - Carlos Fuentes -- On the road - Jack Kerouac -- Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser -- Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison -- Ten little Indians - Agatha Christie -- them - Joyce Carol Oates -- To the lighthouse - Virginia Woolf.
OCLC
ssj0000515614
Title
Novels for students. Volume 8 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Marie Rose Napierkowski and Deborah A. Stanley, editors.
Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2000.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Original Version
Original: xviii, 332 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.
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Available from home with a valid library card
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Added Author
Napierkowski, Marie Rose.
Stanley, Deborah A.
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