Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 324 p)
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ill., photos
ISBN:
9781414428000
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1414428006
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Content:
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.
Content:
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
Note:
"ISSN 1094-3552."
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780787638269
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Novels for studnets, Volume 7 Detroit, Mich : Gale Group, c1999 ISBN 9780787638269
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access
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