| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 330 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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| Contents |
The bone people / Keri Hulme -- The bridge of San Luis Rey / Thornton Wilder -- Foreign affairs / Alison Lurie -- Forever ... / Judy Blume -- Gilead / Marilynne Robinson -- Light in August / William Faulkner -- The lion, the witch and the wardrobe / C.S. Lewis -- Middlesex / Jeffrey Eugenides -- The poisonwood bible / Barbara Kingsolver -- Steppenwolf / Hermann Hesse -- Toward the end of time / John Updike -- We were the Mulvaneys / Joyce Carol Oates |
| 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 foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Blume, Judy. Forever
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Eugenides, Jeffrey. Middlesex
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Light in August.
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Hesse, Hermann, 1877-1962. Steppenwolf.
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Hulme, Keri. Bone people
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Kingsolver, Barbara. Poisonwood Bible.
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Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe.
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Lurie, Alison. Foreign affairs
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Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- We were the Mulvaneys
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Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead
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Updike, John. Toward the end of time
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Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975. Bridge of San Luis Rey.
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| SUBJECT |
Bone people (Hulme, Keri) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01379565 |
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Bridge of San Luis Rey (Wilder, Thornton) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01362077 |
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Forever (Blume, Judy) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01369023 |
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Gilead (Robinson, Marilynne) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01913759 |
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Light in August (Faulkner, William) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356389 |
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Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe (Lewis, C. S.) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01366189 |
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Middlesex (Eugenides, Jeffrey) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01915399 |
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Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver, Barbara) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01393120 |
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Steppenwolf (Hesse, Hermann) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01357022 |
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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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Literature -- History and criticism.
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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 |
Milne, Ira Mark.
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Thomson Gale (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1414410549 |
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9781414410548 |
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