Format:
Ebook, Electronic Resources, Book
Title:
Novels for students. Volume 2 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Diane Telgen, editor.
Call Number:
eBook
Web Site:
Publisher, Date:
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c1997.
Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 350 p.) : ill., photos.
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.
Series:
Gale virtual reference library
Subjects:
Cormier, Robert. Chocolate war.
Tyler, Anne. Dinner at the homesick restaurant.
Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
Cisneros, Sandra. House on Mango Street.
Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings.
Ellison, Ralph. Invisible man.
Golding, William, 1911-1993. Lord of the flies.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. My Antonia.
Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
Knowles, John, 1926-2001. Separate peace.
Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart.
Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird.
Bronte, Emily, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights.
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
Fiction -- History and criticism.
Literature -- History and criticism.
Other Author:
Telgen, Diane, editor.
Gale Group.
Contents:
The chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Dinner at the homesick restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Invisible man / Ralph Ellison -- Lord of the flies / William Golding -- My Antonia / Willa Cather -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Ken Kesey -- A separate peace / John Knowles -- Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe -- To kill a mockingbird -- Harper Lee -- Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte.
ISBN:
9781414427959 (electronic book)
1414427956 (electronic book)
* 9780787616878
* 0787616877