Novels for Students

by Galens, David

• ISBN13: 9780787648985
• ISBN10: 0787648981
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• 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 15 to 20 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: "Demian" by Hermann Hesse "Mayor of Casterbridge" by Thomas Hardy "Rumble Fish" by S.E. Hinton "Shizuko's Daughter" by Kyoko Mori "Tom Jones" by Henry Fielding And more

Table of Contents

Guest Foreword ``The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature''	ix
Anne Devereaux Jordan
Introduction	xi
Literary Chronology	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Contributors	xix
A Clockwork Orange	1	(20)
Anthony Burgess
Author Biography	2	(1)
Plot Summary	3	(1)
Characters	4	(2)
Themes	6	(2)
Style	8	(1)
Historical Context	9	(1)
Critical Overview	10	(1)
Criticism	11	(10)
The Country of the Pointed Firs	21	(18)
Sarah Orne Jewett
Author Biography	22	(1)
Plot Summary	22	(2)
Characters	24	(1)
Themes	25	(2)
Style	27	(1)
Historical Context	28	(1)
Critical Overview	29	(2)
Criticism	31	(8)
Demian	39	(21)
Hermann Hesse
Author Biography	40	(1)
Plot Summary	40	(2)
Characters	42	(2)
Themes	44	(2)
Style	46	(2)
Historical Context	48	(1)
Critical Overview	48	(1)
Criticism	49	(11)
The House of Mirth	60	(21)
Edith Wharton
Author Biography	61	(1)
Plot Summary	61	(2)
Characters	63	(2)
Themes	65	(1)
Style	66	(1)
Historical Context	67	(2)
Critical Overview	69	(1)
Criticism	70	(11)
In the Castle of My Skin	81	(25)
George Lamming
Author Biography	82	(1)
Plot Summary	82	(4)
Characters	86	(2)
Themes	88	(2)
Style	90	(2)
Historical Context	92	(1)
Critical Overview	92	(2)
Criticism	94	(12)
The Last King of Scotland	106	(19)
Giles Foden
Author Biography	107	(1)
Plot Summary	107	(2)
Characters	109	(4)
Themes	113	(1)
Style	114	(1)
Historical Context	115	(1)
Critical Overview	116	(2)
Criticism	118	(7)
Looking Backward: 2000-1887	125	(22)
Edward Bellamy
Author Biography	126	(1)
Plot Summary	126	(2)
Characters	128	(1)
Themes	129	(2)
Style	131	(1)
Historical Context	132	(2)
Critical Overview	134	(1)
Criticism	135	(12)
Losing Battles	147	(29)
Eudora Welty
Author Biography	147	(1)
Plot Summary	148	(2)
Characters	150	(3)
Themes	153	(2)
Style	155	(1)
Historical Context	156	(1)
Critical Overview	157	(1)
Criticism	157	(19)
Main Street	176	(24)
Sinclair Lewis
Author Biography	177	(1)
Plot Summary	177	(2)
Characters	179	(4)
Themes	183	(2)
Style	185	(1)
Historical Context	185	(2)
Critical Overview	187	(2)
Criticism	189	(11)
The Mayor of Casterbridge	200	(16)
Thomas Hardy
Author Biography	200	(1)
Plot Summary	201	(4)
Characters	205	(2)
Themes	207	(2)
Style	209	(1)
Historical Context	210	(2)
Critical Overview	212	(1)
Criticism	213	(3)
Rumble Fish	216	(21)
S. E. Hinton
Author Biography	216	(1)
Plot Summary	217	(2)
Characters	219	(2)
Themes	221	(2)
Style	223	(1)
Historical Context	223	(2)
Critical Overview	225	(1)
Criticism	226	(11)
Shizuko's Daughter	237	(18)
Kyoko Mori
Author Biography	238	(1)
Plot Summary	238	(3)
Characters	241	(2)
Themes	243	(1)
Style	244	(1)
Historical Context	245	(1)
Critical Overview	246	(1)
Criticism	247	(8)
Shoeless Joe	255	(28)
W. P. Kinsella
Author Biography	256	(1)
Plot Summary	256	(2)
Characters	258	(2)
Themes	260	(1)
Style	261	(1)
Historical Context	262	(3)
Critical Overview	265	(1)
Criticism	265	(18)
Glossary of Literary Terms	283	(12)
Cumulative Author/Title Index	295	(6)
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index	301	(4)
Subject/Theme Index	305