- 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 13 (Online)
- Subject
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966
- Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973
- Tan, Amy
- McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
- Markandaya, Kamala, 1924-
- Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001
- Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-
- Guterson, David
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
- Banks, Russell, 1940-2023
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Baum, L. Frank 1856-1919
- 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
- Absalom, Absalom! - William Faulkner -- All the king's men - Robert Penn Warren -- Brideshead revisited - Evelyn Waugh -- The death of the heart - Elizabeth Bowen -- The kitchen god's wife - Amy Tan -- The member of the wedding - Carson McCullers -- Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe -- Nectar in a sieve - Kamala Markandaya -- The optimist's daughter - Eudora Welty -- The remains of the day -- Kazuo Ishiguro -- Snow falling on cedars - David Guterson -- Surfacing - Margaret Atwood -- The sweet hereafter - Russell Banks -- Vanity Fair - William Thackeray -- The wonderful wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum.
- OCLC
- ssj0000515619
- Title
Novels for students. Volume 13 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
- Imprint
Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, c2002.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Original Version
Original: xix, 361 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.
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Thomason, Elizabeth.