Novels For Students

by Milne, Ira Mark; Sisler, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780787669447
• ISBN10: 078766944X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-05-27
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

Each volume of Novels for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 12 to 15 works from various cultures and time periods. Each novel included in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of students and ensure the age-appropriateness of this reference's content. Here are some of the novels they will find: "Juneteenth" by Ralph Ellison; "The French Lieutenant's Woman" by John Fowles; "The Immoralist" by Andre Gide; "Tambourines to Glory" by Langston Hughes; "Sophie's Choice" by William Styron; And more.

Table of Contents

Guest Foreword: "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature"	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Literary Chronology	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Contributors	p. xxi
Dusklands	p. 1
Author Biography	p. 2
Plot Summary	p. 2
Characters	p. 5
Themes	p. 6
Style	p. 8
Historical Context	p. 9
Critical Overview	p. 11
Criticism	p. 12
Further Reading	p. 20
Emma	p. 21
Author Biography	p. 21
Plot Summary	p. 22
Characters	p. 26
Themes	p. 31
Style	p. 32
Historical Context	p. 34
Critical Overview	p. 36
Criticism	p. 37
Further Reading	p. 62
The French Lieutenant's Woman	p. 63
Author Biography	p. 64
Plot Summary	p. 64
Characters	p. 66
Themes	p. 67
Style	p. 68
Historical Context	p. 68
Critical Overview	p. 70
Criticism	p. 71
Further Reading	p. 93
I, Claudius	p. 94
Author Biography	p. 95
Plot Summary	p. 96
Characters	p. 98
Themes	p. 101
Style	p. 103
Historical Context	p. 104
Critical Overview	p. 106
Criticism	p. 107
Further Reading	p. 113
The Immoralist	p. 114
Author Biography	p. 115
Plot Summary	p. 115
Characters	p. 117
Themes	p. 119
Style	p. 120
Historical Context	p. 121
Critical Overview	p. 122
Criticism	p. 123
Further Reading	p. 135
Juneteenth	p. 136
Author Biography	p. 137
Plot Summary	p. 138
Characters	p. 140
Themes	p. 143
Style	p. 144
Historical Context	p. 145
Critical Overview	p. 146
Criticism	p. 147
Further Reading	p. 160
Kim	p. 161
Author Biography	p. 162
Plot Summary	p. 162
Characters	p. 166
Themes	p. 169
Style	p. 171
Historical Context	p. 172
Critical Overview	p. 173
Criticism	p. 174
Further Reading	p. 186
The Maltese Falcon	p. 187
Author Biography	p. 188
Plot Summary	p. 188
Characters	p. 192
Themes	p. 194
Style	p. 195
Historical Context	p. 196
Critical Overview	p. 197
Criticism	p. 198
Further Reading	p. 219
Nausea	p. 221
Author Biography	p. 222
Plot Summary	p. 223
Characters	p. 224
Themes	p. 225
Style	p. 227
Historical Context	p. 227
Critical Overview	p. 229
Criticism	p. 230
Further Reading	p. 232
Parable of the Sower	p. 233
Author Biography	p. 234
Plot Summary	p. 234
Characters	p. 236
Themes	p. 238
Style	p. 240
Historical Context	p. 241
Critical Overview	p. 242
Criticism	p. 243
Further Reading	p. 266
Tambourines to Glory	p. 267
Author Biography	p. 267
Plot Summary	p. 268
Characters	p. 270
Themes	p. 272
Style	p. 274
Historical Context	p. 275
Critical Overview	p. 277
Criticism	p. 278
Further Reading	p. 289
The Violent Bear It Away	p. 290
Author Biography	p. 291
Plot Summary	p. 291
Characters	p. 293
Themes	p. 296
Style	p. 298
Historical Context	p. 299
Critical Overview	p. 301
Criticism	p. 302
Further Reading	p. 317
Glossary	p. 319
Cumulative Author/Title Index	p. 331
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index	p. 337
Subject/Theme Index	p. 343
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