Novels for students. Volume 26 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Ira Mark Milne, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Contributor(s): Series: Gale virtual reference libraryPublication details: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2008.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 327 p.) : ill., photosISBN:
  • 9781414429335 (electronic book)
  • 1414429339 (electronic book)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Novels for students, Volume 26.DDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • PN3385
Online resources:
Contents:
Doctor Zhivago / Boris Pasternak -- Humboldt's gift / Saul Bellow -- The killer angels / Michael Shaara -- The known world / Edward P. Jones -- The lord of the rings / J.R.R. Tolkien -- March / Geraldine Brooks -- Martian time-slip / Philip K. Dick -- Picture bride / Yoshiko Uchida -- The rainbow / D.H. Lawrence -- The tenant of Wildfell Hall / Anne Bronte -- Ulysses / James Joyce.
Summary: 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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"ISSN 1094-3552."

Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Doctor Zhivago / Boris Pasternak -- Humboldt's gift / Saul Bellow -- The killer angels / Michael Shaara -- The known world / Edward P. Jones -- The lord of the rings / J.R.R. Tolkien -- March / Geraldine Brooks -- Martian time-slip / Philip K. Dick -- Picture bride / Yoshiko Uchida -- The rainbow / D.H. Lawrence -- The tenant of Wildfell Hall / Anne Bronte -- Ulysses / James Joyce.

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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