- 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 12 (Online)
- Subject
- James, Henry, 1843-1916
- Kingsolver, Barbara
- Anaya, Rudolfo A
- Emecheta, Buchi
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
- Norris, Frank, 1870-1902
- Kosinski, Jerzy, 1933-1991
- Mendez M., Miguel
- Updike, John
- Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907-1989
- Fox, Paula
- Paton, Alan
- Irving, John, 1942-
- 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 ambassadors - Henry James -- Animal dreams - Barbara Kingsolver -- Bless me, Ultima - Rudolfo Anaya -- The bride price - Buchi Emecheta -- The edible woman - Margaret Atwood -- Little women - Louisa May Alcott -- Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf -- The octopus - Frank Norris -- The painted bird - Jerzy Kosinski -- Pilgrims in Aztlan - Miguel Mendez -- Rabbit, run - John Updike -- Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier -- The slave dancer - Paula Fox -- Too late the phalarope - Alan Paton -- The world according to Garp - John Irving.
- OCLC
- ssj0000515618
- Title
Novels for students. Volume 12 [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: xxi, 375 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.
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- Added Author
Thomason, Elizabeth.