| Descript |
1 online resource (xviii, 332 p.) : ill., photos |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
As I lay dying / William Faulkner -- The brothers Karamazov / Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky -- The call of the wild / Jack London -- Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra -- Empire of the sun / J.G. Ballard -- The hobbit / J.R.R. Tolkien -- Kindred / Octavia Butler -- The master and Margarita / Mikhail Bulgakov -- The old gringo / Carlos Fuentes -- On the road / Jack Kerouac -- Sister Carrie / Theodore Dreiser -- Song of Solomon / Toni Morrison -- Ten little Indians / Agatha Christie -- them / Joyce Carol Oates -- To the lighthouse / Virginia Woolf |
| 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 |
| Note |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. As I lay dying
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Bratia Karamazovy. English
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London, Jack, 1876-1916. Call of the wild
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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote
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Ballard, J. G., 1930- Empire of the sun
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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Hobbit
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Butler, Octavia E. Kindred
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Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich, 1891-1940. Master i Margarita. English
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Fuentes, Carlos. Gringo viejo. English
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Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969. On the road
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Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. Sister Carrie
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Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon
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Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. And then there were none
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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- them
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Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. To the lighthouse
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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Fiction -- History and criticism
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Literature -- History and criticism
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Electronic books
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| Alt Author |
Napierkowski, Marie Rose, editor
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Stanley, Deborah A., editor
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Gale Group
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| ISBN |
9781414428017 (electronic book) |
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1414428014 (electronic book) |
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