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The Resource Novels for students : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels, Volume 13, Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, (electronic resource)
Novels for students : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels, Volume 13, Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, (electronic resource)
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xix, 361 pages)
- Note
-
- "ISSN 1094-3552."
- Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan
- Contents
-
- Plot Summary
- Member of the Wedding
- Carson McCullers
- 122
- Author Biography
- 123
- Plot Summary
- 123
- Characters
- 124
- Themes
- 3
- 126
- Style
- 127
- Historical Context
- 128
- Critical Overview
- 130
- Criticism
- 131
- Moll Flanders
- Characters
- Daniel Defoe
- 145
- Author Biography
- 145
- Plot Summary
- 146
- Characters
- 148
- Themes
- 151
- 4
- Style
- 153
- Historical Context
- 154
- Critical Overview
- 155
- Criticism
- 157
- Nectar in a Sieve
- Kamala Markandaya
- Themes
- 170
- Author Biography
- 170
- Plot Summary
- 171
- Characters
- 172
- Themes
- 174
- Style
- 6
- 175
- Historical Context
- 176
- Critical Overview
- 177
- Criticism
- 178
- Optimist's Daughter
- Eudora Welty
- 192
- Style
- Author Biography
- 193
- Plot Summary
- 193
- Characters
- 194
- Themes
- 197
- Style
- 198
- 8
- Historical Context
- 199
- Critical Overview
- 200
- Criticism
- 201
- Remains of the Day
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- 212
- Author Biography
- Historical Context
- 212
- Plot Summary
- 213
- Characters
- 214
- Themes
- 216
- Style
- 217
- Historical Context
- 9
- 218
- Critical Overview
- 220
- Criticism
- 221
- Snow Falling on Cedars
- David Guterson
- 237
- Author Biography
- 238
- Guest Foreword: "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature"
- Critical Overview
- Plot Summary
- 238
- Characters
- 239
- Themes
- 242
- Style
- 244
- Historical Context
- 245
- 11
- Critical Overview
- 246
- Criticism
- 247
- Surfacing
- Margaret Atwood
- 254
- Author Biography
- 254
- Plot Summary
- Criticism
- 255
- Characters
- 257
- Themes
- 259
- Style
- 260
- Historical Context
- 261
- Critical Overview
- 13
- 262
- Criticism
- 264
- Sweet Hereafter
- Russell Banks
- 267
- Author Biography
- 267
- Plot Summary
- 268
- All the King's Men
- Characters
- 270
- Themes
- 273
- Style
- 274
- Historical Context
- 275
- Critical Overview
- 276
- Robert Penn Warren
- Criticism
- 277
- Vanity Fair
- William Thackeray
- 284
- Author Biography
- 285
- Plot Summary
- 285
- Characters
- 27
- 288
- Themes
- 292
- Style
- 293
- Historical Context
- 295
- Critical Overview
- 296
- Criticism
- Author Biography
- 297
- Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- L. Frank Baum
- 309
- Author Biography
- 310
- Plot Summary
- 310
- Characters
- 311
- 28
- Themes
- 314
- Style
- 316
- Historical Context
- 316
- Critical Overview
- 318
- Criticism
- 319
- Plot Summary
- Anne Devereaux Jordan
- 28
- Characters
- 31
- Themes
- 35
- Style
- 36
- Historical Context
- 37
- Critical Overview
- ix
- 40
- Criticism
- 41
- Brideshead Revisited
- Evelyn Waugh
- 54
- Author Biography
- 55
- Plot Summary
- 56
- Absalom, Absalom!
- Characters
- 58
- Themes
- 62
- Style
- 64
- Historical Context
- 66
- Critical Overview
- 67
- William Faulkner
- Criticism
- 69
- Death of the Heart
- Elizabeth Bowen
- 80
- Author Biography
- 81
- Plot Summary
- 81
- Characters
- 1
- 83
- Themes
- 86
- Style
- 88
- Historical Context
- 89
- Critical Overview
- 91
- Criticism
- Author Biography
- 92
- Kitchen God's Wife
- Amy Tan
- 99
- Author Biography
- 100
- Plot Summary
- 100
- Characters
- 102
- 2
- Themes
- 104
- Style
- 106
- Historical Context
- 107
- Critical Overview
- 109
- Criticism
- 111
- Isbn
- 9781414428062
- Label
- Novels for students : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels, Volume 13
- Title
- Novels for students
- Title remainder
- presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels
- Title number
- Volume 13
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan
- Subject
-
- Literature -- History and criticism
- Baum, L. Frank, (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966
- Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
- Guterson, David
- McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967
- Banks, Russell, 1940-
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
- Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
- Fiction -- History and criticism
- Tan, Amy
- Markandaya, Kamala, 1924-2004
- Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- MiFhGG
- Dewey number
- 809.3
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN3385
- LC item number
- .N68
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Thomason, Elizabeth
- Gale Group
- Series statement
- Gale virtual reference library
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Faulkner, William
- Warren, Robert Penn
- Waugh, Evelyn
- Bowen, Elizabeth
- Tan, Amy
- McCullers, Carson
- Defoe, Daniel
- Markandaya, Kamala
- Welty, Eudora
- Ishiguro, Kazuo
- Guterson, David
- Atwood, Margaret
- Banks, Russell
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Baum, L. Frank
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction
- Literature
- Label
- Novels for students : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels, Volume 13, Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, (electronic resource)
- Note
-
- "ISSN 1094-3552."
- Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Plot Summary
- Member of the Wedding
- Carson McCullers
- 122
- Author Biography
- 123
- Plot Summary
- 123
- Characters
- 124
- Themes
- 3
- 126
- Style
- 127
- Historical Context
- 128
- Critical Overview
- 130
- Criticism
- 131
- Moll Flanders
- Characters
- Daniel Defoe
- 145
- Author Biography
- 145
- Plot Summary
- 146
- Characters
- 148
- Themes
- 151
- 4
- Style
- 153
- Historical Context
- 154
- Critical Overview
- 155
- Criticism
- 157
- Nectar in a Sieve
- Kamala Markandaya
- Themes
- 170
- Author Biography
- 170
- Plot Summary
- 171
- Characters
- 172
- Themes
- 174
- Style
- 6
- 175
- Historical Context
- 176
- Critical Overview
- 177
- Criticism
- 178
- Optimist's Daughter
- Eudora Welty
- 192
- Style
- Author Biography
- 193
- Plot Summary
- 193
- Characters
- 194
- Themes
- 197
- Style
- 198
- 8
- Historical Context
- 199
- Critical Overview
- 200
- Criticism
- 201
- Remains of the Day
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- 212
- Author Biography
- Historical Context
- 212
- Plot Summary
- 213
- Characters
- 214
- Themes
- 216
- Style
- 217
- Historical Context
- 9
- 218
- Critical Overview
- 220
- Criticism
- 221
- Snow Falling on Cedars
- David Guterson
- 237
- Author Biography
- 238
- Guest Foreword: "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature"
- Critical Overview
- Plot Summary
- 238
- Characters
- 239
- Themes
- 242
- Style
- 244
- Historical Context
- 245
- 11
- Critical Overview
- 246
- Criticism
- 247
- Surfacing
- Margaret Atwood
- 254
- Author Biography
- 254
- Plot Summary
- Criticism
- 255
- Characters
- 257
- Themes
- 259
- Style
- 260
- Historical Context
- 261
- Critical Overview
- 13
- 262
- Criticism
- 264
- Sweet Hereafter
- Russell Banks
- 267
- Author Biography
- 267
- Plot Summary
- 268
- All the King's Men
- Characters
- 270
- Themes
- 273
- Style
- 274
- Historical Context
- 275
- Critical Overview
- 276
- Robert Penn Warren
- Criticism
- 277
- Vanity Fair
- William Thackeray
- 284
- Author Biography
- 285
- Plot Summary
- 285
- Characters
- 27
- 288
- Themes
- 292
- Style
- 293
- Historical Context
- 295
- Critical Overview
- 296
- Criticism
- Author Biography
- 297
- Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- L. Frank Baum
- 309
- Author Biography
- 310
- Plot Summary
- 310
- Characters
- 311
- 28
- Themes
- 314
- Style
- 316
- Historical Context
- 316
- Critical Overview
- 318
- Criticism
- 319
- Plot Summary
- Anne Devereaux Jordan
- 28
- Characters
- 31
- Themes
- 35
- Style
- 36
- Historical Context
- 37
- Critical Overview
- ix
- 40
- Criticism
- 41
- Brideshead Revisited
- Evelyn Waugh
- 54
- Author Biography
- 55
- Plot Summary
- 56
- Absalom, Absalom!
- Characters
- 58
- Themes
- 62
- Style
- 64
- Historical Context
- 66
- Critical Overview
- 67
- William Faulkner
- Criticism
- 69
- Death of the Heart
- Elizabeth Bowen
- 80
- Author Biography
- 81
- Plot Summary
- 81
- Characters
- 1
- 83
- Themes
- 86
- Style
- 88
- Historical Context
- 89
- Critical Overview
- 91
- Criticism
- Author Biography
- 92
- Kitchen God's Wife
- Amy Tan
- 99
- Author Biography
- 100
- Plot Summary
- 100
- Characters
- 102
- 2
- Themes
- 104
- Style
- 106
- Historical Context
- 107
- Critical Overview
- 109
- Criticism
- 111
- Control code
- GVRL5GSR
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- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xix, 361 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781414428062
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- Label
- Novels for students : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels, Volume 13, Elizabeth Thomason, editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan, (electronic resource)
- Note
-
- "ISSN 1094-3552."
- Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Plot Summary
- Member of the Wedding
- Carson McCullers
- 122
- Author Biography
- 123
- Plot Summary
- 123
- Characters
- 124
- Themes
- 3
- 126
- Style
- 127
- Historical Context
- 128
- Critical Overview
- 130
- Criticism
- 131
- Moll Flanders
- Characters
- Daniel Defoe
- 145
- Author Biography
- 145
- Plot Summary
- 146
- Characters
- 148
- Themes
- 151
- 4
- Style
- 153
- Historical Context
- 154
- Critical Overview
- 155
- Criticism
- 157
- Nectar in a Sieve
- Kamala Markandaya
- Themes
- 170
- Author Biography
- 170
- Plot Summary
- 171
- Characters
- 172
- Themes
- 174
- Style
- 6
- 175
- Historical Context
- 176
- Critical Overview
- 177
- Criticism
- 178
- Optimist's Daughter
- Eudora Welty
- 192
- Style
- Author Biography
- 193
- Plot Summary
- 193
- Characters
- 194
- Themes
- 197
- Style
- 198
- 8
- Historical Context
- 199
- Critical Overview
- 200
- Criticism
- 201
- Remains of the Day
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- 212
- Author Biography
- Historical Context
- 212
- Plot Summary
- 213
- Characters
- 214
- Themes
- 216
- Style
- 217
- Historical Context
- 9
- 218
- Critical Overview
- 220
- Criticism
- 221
- Snow Falling on Cedars
- David Guterson
- 237
- Author Biography
- 238
- Guest Foreword: "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature"
- Critical Overview
- Plot Summary
- 238
- Characters
- 239
- Themes
- 242
- Style
- 244
- Historical Context
- 245
- 11
- Critical Overview
- 246
- Criticism
- 247
- Surfacing
- Margaret Atwood
- 254
- Author Biography
- 254
- Plot Summary
- Criticism
- 255
- Characters
- 257
- Themes
- 259
- Style
- 260
- Historical Context
- 261
- Critical Overview
- 13
- 262
- Criticism
- 264
- Sweet Hereafter
- Russell Banks
- 267
- Author Biography
- 267
- Plot Summary
- 268
- All the King's Men
- Characters
- 270
- Themes
- 273
- Style
- 274
- Historical Context
- 275
- Critical Overview
- 276
- Robert Penn Warren
- Criticism
- 277
- Vanity Fair
- William Thackeray
- 284
- Author Biography
- 285
- Plot Summary
- 285
- Characters
- 27
- 288
- Themes
- 292
- Style
- 293
- Historical Context
- 295
- Critical Overview
- 296
- Criticism
- Author Biography
- 297
- Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- L. Frank Baum
- 309
- Author Biography
- 310
- Plot Summary
- 310
- Characters
- 311
- 28
- Themes
- 314
- Style
- 316
- Historical Context
- 316
- Critical Overview
- 318
- Criticism
- 319
- Plot Summary
- Anne Devereaux Jordan
- 28
- Characters
- 31
- Themes
- 35
- Style
- 36
- Historical Context
- 37
- Critical Overview
- ix
- 40
- Criticism
- 41
- Brideshead Revisited
- Evelyn Waugh
- 54
- Author Biography
- 55
- Plot Summary
- 56
- Absalom, Absalom!
- Characters
- 58
- Themes
- 62
- Style
- 64
- Historical Context
- 66
- Critical Overview
- 67
- William Faulkner
- Criticism
- 69
- Death of the Heart
- Elizabeth Bowen
- 80
- Author Biography
- 81
- Plot Summary
- 81
- Characters
- 1
- 83
- Themes
- 86
- Style
- 88
- Historical Context
- 89
- Critical Overview
- 91
- Criticism
- Author Biography
- 92
- Kitchen God's Wife
- Amy Tan
- 99
- Author Biography
- 100
- Plot Summary
- 100
- Characters
- 102
- 2
- Themes
- 104
- Style
- 106
- Historical Context
- 107
- Critical Overview
- 109
- Criticism
- 111
- Control code
- GVRL5GSR
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- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xix, 361 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781414428062
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, photographs.
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) GVRL5GSR
- (OCoLC)297118015
Subject
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
- Banks, Russell, 1940-
- Baum, L. Frank, (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919
- Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
- Fiction -- History and criticism
- Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
- Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
- Guterson, David
- Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-
- Literature -- History and criticism
- Markandaya, Kamala, 1924-2004
- McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967
- Tan, Amy
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
- Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
- Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966
- Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001
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