Novels for students. Volume 24 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Ira Mark Milne, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Series: Gale virtual reference libraryPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2007.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 330 p.) : ill., photosISBN:- 9781414410548 (electronic book)
- 1414410549 (electronic book)
- Hulme, Keri. Bone people
- Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Bridge of San Luis Ray
- Lurie, Alison. Foreign affairs
- Blume, Judy. Forever
- Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Light in August
- Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
- Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex
- Kingsolver, Barbara. Poisonwood bible
- Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. Steppenwolf
- Updike, John. Toward the end of time
- Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- We were the Mulvaneys
- Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
- Fiction -- History and criticism
- Literature -- History and criticism
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- PN3385
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"ISSN 1094-3552."
Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The bone people / Keri Hulme -- The bridge of San Luis Ray / Thornton Wilder -- Foreign affairs / Alison Lurie -- Forever ... / Judy Blume -- Gilead / Marilynne Robinson -- Light in August / William Faulkner -- The lion, the witch and the wardrobe / C.S. Lewis -- Middlesex / Jeffrey Eugenides -- The poisonwood bible / Barbara Kingsolver -- Steppenwolf / Hermann Hesse -- Toward the end of time / John Updike -- We were the Mulvaneys / Joyce Carol Oates.
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.
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