Description |
1 online resource (xix, 349 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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Contents |
Anna Karenina / Leo Tolstoy -- Cannery row / John Steinbeck -- Cat's cradle / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. -- The dew breaker / Edwidge Danticat -- The good soldier / Ford Madox Ford -- The hound of the Baskervilles / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- Hullabaloo in the guava orchard / Kiran Desai -- Nervous conditions / Tsitsi Dangarembga -- Northanger Abbey / Jane Austen -- Notes from underground / Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- So far from the bamboo grove / Yoko Kawashima Watkins -- Sweetgrass / Jan Hudson -- The waves / Virginia Woolf -- White Noise / Don DeLillo |
Summary |
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance |
Notes |
"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
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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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Tolstoy, Leo, 1828-1910
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Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
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Vonnegut, Kurt
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Danticat, Edwideg, 1969-
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Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939
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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
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Desai, Kiran, 1971-
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Dangarembga, Tsitsi
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881
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Watkins, Yoko Kawashima
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Hudson, Jan, 1954-
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Woolf, Virgina, 1882-1941
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DeLillo, Don
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ISBN |
9781414438320 |
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141443832X |
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