Novels for Students

by LaBlanc, Michael L.

• ISBN13: 9780787638290
• ISBN10: 0787638293
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Summary

Each volume in the Novels for Students series contains easily accessible and context-rich discussions of the literary and historical significance of approximately 15 major works from various cultures and time periods.

Table of Contents

Guest Foreword ``The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature''	ix
Anne Devereaux Jordan
Introduction	xi
Literary Chronology	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Contributors	xxi
Atlas Shrugged	1	(37)
Ayn Rand
Author Biography	2	(1)
Plot Summary	3	(1)
Characters	4	(4)
Themes	8	(2)
Style	10	(1)
Historical Context	11	(1)
Critical Overview	12	(2)
Criticism	14	(24)
Breathing Lessons	38	(27)
Anne Tyler
Author Biography	38	(1)
Plot Summary	39	(1)
Characters	40	(2)
Themes	42	(1)
Style	43	(1)
Historical Context	44	(1)
Critical Overview	45	(2)
Criticism	47	(18)
A Christmas Carol	65	(31)
Charles Dickens
Author Biography	65	(1)
Plot Summary	66	(2)
Characters	68	(2)
Themes	70	(1)
Style	71	(1)
Historical Context	72	(1)
Critical Overview	73	(1)
Criticism	74	(22)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold	96	(31)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Author Biography	97	(1)
Plot Summary	97	(2)
Characters	99	(3)
Themes	102	(2)
Style	104	(1)
Historical Context	104	(1)
Critical Overview	105	(1)
Criticism	106	(21)
The Dead of the House	127	(15)
Hannah Green
Author Biography	127	(1)
Plot Summary	128	(1)
Characters	129	(1)
Themes	130	(1)
Style	131	(1)
Historical Context	132	(2)
Critical Overview	134	(1)
Criticism	135	(7)
House Made of Dawn	142	(37)
N. Scott Momaday
Author Biography	142	(1)
Plot Summary	143	(1)
Characters	144	(2)
Themes	146	(1)
Style	147	(1)
Historical Context	148	(2)
Critical Overview	150	(1)
Criticism	151	(28)
Howards End	179	(20)
E. M. Forster
Author Biography	180	(1)
Plot Summary	180	(2)
Characters	182	(2)
Themes	184	(1)
Style	185	(2)
Historical Context	187	(1)
Critical Overview	188	(2)
Criticism	190	(9)
The Naked and the Dead	199	(17)
Norman Mailer
Author Biography	199	(1)
Plot Summary	200	(1)
Characters	201	(2)
Themes	203	(2)
Style	205	(1)
Historical Context	205	(2)
Critical Overview	207	(1)
Criticism	208	(8)
Pigs in Heaven	216	(18)
Barbara Kingsolver
Author Biography	216	(1)
Plot Summary	217	(1)
Characters	218	(2)
Themes	220	(1)
Style	221	(1)
Historical Context	222	(1)
Critical Overview	223	(1)
Criticism	224	(10)
Shogun: A Novel of Japan	234	(22)
James du Maresq Clavell
Author Biography	235	(1)
Plot Summary	235	(2)
Characters	237	(4)
Themes	241	(2)
Style	243	(1)
Historical Context	244	(3)
Critical Overview	247	(1)
Criticism	248	(8)
Summer of My German Soldier	256	(15)
Bette Greene
Author Biography	256	(1)
Plot Summary	257	(1)
Characters	258	(2)
Themes	260	(1)
Style	261	(1)
Historical Context	262	(1)
Critical Overview	263	(2)
Criticism	265	(6)
War and Peace	271	(34)
Leo Tolstoy
Author Biography	271	(1)
Plot Summary	272	(2)
Characters	274	(2)
Themes	276	(2)
Style	278	(1)
Historical Context	279	(1)
Critical Overview	280	(2)
Criticism	282	(23)
Glossary of Literary Terms	305	(12)
Cumulative Author/Title Index	317	(4)
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index	321	(4)
Subject/Theme Index	325