Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 310 p)
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ill., photos
ISBN:
9781414428086
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1414428081
Serie:
Gale eBooks
Inhalt:
A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess -- The country of the pointed firs / Sarah Orne Jewett -- Demian / Hermann Hesse -- The house of mirth / Edith Wharton -- In the castle of my skin / George Lamming -- The last king of Scotland / Giles Foden -- Looking backward: 2000-1887 / Edward Bellamy -- Losing battles / Eudora Welty -- Main Street / Sinclair Lewis -- The mayor of Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy -- Rumble fish / S.E. Hinton -- Shizuko's daughter / Kyoko Mori -- Shoeless Joe / W.P. Kinsella.
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
"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
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780787648985
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Novels for studnets, Volume 15 Detroit, Mich : Gale Group, c2002 ISBN 9780787648985
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access
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