Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 37 [electronic resource] :
Sara Constantakis, project editor.
- Detroit, Mich. : Gale, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xix, 381 p.) : ill., ports.
- Gale virtual reference library .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The age of innocence / by Edith Wharton -- The beet queen / by Louise Erdrich --A bend in the river / by V.S. Naipaul -- Bone / by Fae Myenne Ng -- The Bostonians / by Henry James -- Breath, eyes, memory / by Edwidge Danticat -- Frankenstein / by Mary Shelley -- Going after Cacciato / by Tim O'Brien -- The haunting of Hill House / Shirley Jackson -- Holes / by Louis Sachar -- Jasmine / by Bharati Mukherjee -- The moon is down / by John Steinbeck -- Pudd'nhead Wilson / by Mark Twain -- Tar baby / by Toni Morrison.
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.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Fiction--Stories, plots, etc. Fiction--History and criticism.