| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 333 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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| Contents |
Daughter of fortune -- Isabel Allende -- Dracula -- Bram Stoker -- I am the cheese -- Robert Cormier -- A long and happy life -- Reynolds Price -- Look homeward, angel -- Thomas Wolfe -- Sense and sensibility -- Jane Austen -- Sons and lovers -- D.H. Lawrence -- Tom Jones -- Henry Fielding -- The unbearable lightness of being -- Milan Kundera -- Under the net -- Iris Murdoch -- A very long engagement -- Sebastien Japrisot -- Waterland -- Graham Swift -- When the legends die -- Hal Borland |
| Summary |
Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism |
| Notes |
Each entry Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism |
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Guest forward "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan |
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Title from website (viewed Dec. 2, 2008) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Allende, Isabel. Hija de la fortuna. English
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Sense and sensibility.
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Borland, Hal, 1900-1978. When the legends die
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Cormier, Robert. I am the cheese
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Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. History of Tom Jones.
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Japrisot, Sébastien, 1931-2003. Long dimanche de fiançailles. English
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Kundera, Milan. Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí. English
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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Sons and lovers.
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Murdoch, Iris. Under the net.
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Price, Reynolds, 1933-2011. Long and happy life
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Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912. Dracula.
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Swift, Graham, 1949- Waterland
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Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938. Look homeward, angel.
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| SUBJECT |
Dracula (Stoker, Bram) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01359219 |
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Hija de la fortuna (Allende, Isabel) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01395869 |
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History of Tom Jones (Fielding, Henry) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356672 |
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Long dimanche de fiançailles (Japrisot, Sébastien) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01401113 |
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Look homeward, angel (Wolfe, Thomas) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356636 |
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Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí (Kundera, Milan) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01378076 |
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Sense and sensibility (Austen, Jane) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356105 |
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Sons and lovers (Lawrence, D.H.) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356323 |
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Under the net (Murdoch, Iris) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01368062 |
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Waterland (Swift, Graham) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01371616 |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 18th century.
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American fiction -- 19th century.
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American fiction -- 20th century.
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English fiction -- 19th century.
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Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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Fiction -- 19th century.
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Fiction -- 20th century.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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American fiction.
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English fiction.
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Fiction.
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Literature.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Galens, David.
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Thomson Gale (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0787660302 |
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0787692840 |
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9780787660307 |
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9780787692841 |
