Novels for students.

Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 49 : Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. - 1 online resource (xix, 363 pages) : illustrations - Gale virtual reference library .

"ISSN 1094-3552."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Atonement -- The beautiful and damned / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Catalyst / Laurie Halse Anderson -- A grain of wheat / Ngugiwa Thiongo -- Heart of Aztlan / Rudolfo A. Anaya -- Homeless bird / Gloria Whelan -- The inheritance of loss / Kiran Desai -- Linden Hills / Gloria Naylor -- The Maltese falcon -- My year of meats / Ruth L. Ozeki -- Nineteen minutes / Jodi Picoult -- Song yet sung / James McBride -- The storyteller / Mario Vargas Llosa -- Tobacco road / Erskine Caldwell.

Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance.

9781573023047 (electronic book)


Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--Stories, plots, etc.
Fiction--History and criticism.