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9780787648954

Novels for Students

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    9780787648954

  • ISBN10:

    0787648957

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-08-01
  • Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

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Summary

Each volume in the Novels for Students Series contains easily accessible and context-rich discussions of the literary and historical significance of 14 to 15 major works from various cultures and time periods, including concise synopses of plot, characters and themes; a brief author biography; a discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance; and excerpted criticism.

Table of Contents

Guest Foreword ``The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature'' ix
Anne Devereaux Jordan
Introduction xi
Literary Chronology xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Contributors xxi
The Ambassadors
1(23)
Henry James
Author Biography
2(1)
Plot Summary
2(2)
Characters
4(3)
Themes
7(2)
Style
9(1)
Historical Context
10(2)
Critical Overview
12(2)
Criticism
14(10)
Animal Dreams
24(23)
Barbara Kingsolver
Author Biography
25(1)
Plot Summary
25(2)
Characters
27(3)
Themes
30(1)
Style
31(1)
Historical Context
32(2)
Critical Overview
34(1)
Criticism
35(12)
Bless Me, Ultima
47(18)
Rudolfo Anaya
Author Biography
47(1)
Plot Summary
48(2)
Characters
50(2)
Themes
52(1)
Style
53(1)
Historical Context
53(2)
Critical Overview
55(1)
Criticism
56(9)
The Bride Price
65(29)
Buchi Emecheta
Author Biography
66(1)
Plot Summary
67(1)
Characters
68(3)
Themes
71(3)
Style
74(1)
Historical Context
75(3)
Critical Overview
78(1)
Criticism
79(15)
The Edible Woman
94(22)
Margaret Atwood
Author Biography
95(1)
Plot Summary
95(2)
Characters
97(3)
Themes
100(3)
Style
103(1)
Historical Context
103(2)
Critical Overview
105(1)
Criticism
106(10)
Little Women
116(32)
Louisa May Alcott
Author Biography
117(1)
Plot Summary
118(1)
Characters
119(3)
Themes
122(2)
Style
124(1)
Historical Context
125(3)
Critical Overview
128(1)
Criticism
129(19)
Mrs. Dalloway
148(20)
Virginia Woolf
Author Biography
149(1)
Plot Summary
149(2)
Characters
151(2)
Themes
153(2)
Style
155(1)
Historical Context
155(2)
Critical Overview
157(1)
Criticism
158(10)
The Octopus
168(27)
Frank Norris
Author Biography
169(1)
Plot Summary
169(2)
Characters
171(3)
Themes
174(2)
Style
176(1)
Historical Context
177(2)
Critical Overview
179(2)
Criticism
181(14)
The Painted Bird
195(19)
Jerzy Kosinski
Author Biography
196(1)
Plot Summary
196(2)
Characters
198(3)
Themes
201(2)
Style
203(1)
Historical Context
203(2)
Critical Overview
205(1)
Criticism
206(8)
Pilgrims in Aztlan
214(23)
Miguel Mendez
Author Biography
215(1)
Plot Summary
216(1)
Characters
217(4)
Themes
221(2)
Style
223(2)
Historical Context
225(1)
Critical Overview
226(2)
Criticism
228(9)
Rabbit, Run
237(19)
John Updike
Author Biography
238(1)
Plot Summary
238(1)
Characters
239(2)
Themes
241(1)
Style
242(1)
Historical Context
243(2)
Critical Overview
245(2)
Criticism
247(9)
Rebecca
256(24)
Daphne du Maurier
Author Biography
257(1)
Plot Summary
257(2)
Characters
259(3)
Themes
262(2)
Style
264(1)
Historical Context
265(2)
Critical Overview
267(1)
Criticism
268(12)
The Slave Dancer
280(18)
Paula Fox
Author Biography
281(1)
Plot Summary
281(3)
Characters
284(3)
Themes
287(2)
Style
289(1)
Historical Context
290(1)
Critical Overview
291(1)
Criticism
292(6)
Too Late the Phalarope
298(25)
Alan Paton
Author Biography
299(1)
Plot Summary
299(2)
Characters
301(3)
Themes
304(2)
Style
306(1)
Historical Context
307(1)
Critical Overview
308(2)
Criticism
310(13)
The World According to Garp
323(26)
John Irving
Author Biography
324(1)
Plot Summary
325(2)
Characters
327(8)
Themes
335(1)
Style
336(1)
Historical Context
337(1)
Critical Overview
338(1)
Criticism
339(10)
Glossary of Literary Terms 349(12)
Cumulative Author/Title Index 361(4)
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index 365(4)
Subject/Theme Index 369

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