Research Catalog

Title

Novels for students. Volume 11 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Publication

Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2001.

Details

Additional Authors

Thomason, Elizabeth.

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 11 (Online)

Subject

• Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
• O'Hara, John, 1905-1970
• Allison, Dorothy
• Shange, Ntozake
• Conroy, Frank, 1936-2005
• Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967
• Auel, Jean M
• Crutcher, Chris
• Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
• Power, Mona Susan, 1961-
• Ellis, Bret Easton
• Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928
• Forster, E. M. 1879-1970
• Laurence, Margaret
• Adams, Richard, 1920-
• 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.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

OCLC

ssj0000515617

Title

Novels for students. Volume 11 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Imprint

Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2001.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Original Version

Original: xxii, 381 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.

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Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Thomason, Elizabeth.