Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 362 p)
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ill., photos
ISBN:
9781414428079
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1414428073
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Content:
Cat's eye / Margaret Atwood -- For whom the bell tolls / Ernest Hemingway -- Hatter Fox / Marilyn Harris -- Herzog / Saul Bellow -- Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert -- Margret Howth / Rebecca Harding Davis -- Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens -- Persuasion / Jane Austen -- The pigman / Paul Zindel -- A prayer for Owen Meany / John Irving -- Ship of fools / Katherine Anne Porter -- Sula / Toni Morrison -- The three musketeers / Alexandre Dumas -- USA / John Dos Passos -- The wrestling match / Buchi Emecheta.
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 9780787648978
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Novels for studnets, Volume 14 Detroit, Mich : Gale Group, c2002 ISBN 9780787648978
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access
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