Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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Note |
"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. |
Contents |
Atlas shrugged - Ayn Rand -- Breathing lessons - Anne Tyler -- A Christmas carol - Charles Dickens -- Chronicle of a death foretold - Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- The dead of the house - Hannah Green -- House made of dawn - N. Scott Momaday -- Howards end - E.M. Forster -- The naked and the dead - Norman Mailer -- Pigs in heaven - Barbara Kingsolver -- Shogun: a novel of Japan - James du Maresq Clavell -- Summer of my German soldier - Bette Greene -- War and peace - Leo Tolstoy. |
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. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web. |
Note |
Original: xxi, 330 p. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm. |
System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
Subject |
Rand, Ayn. Atlas shrugged.
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Tyler, Anne. Breathing lessons.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Christmas carol.
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- Cronica de una muerte anunciada. English.
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Green, Hannah. Dead of the house.
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Momaday, N. Scott, 1934- House made of dawn.
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Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Howards end.
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Mailer, Norman. Naked and the dead.
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Kingsolver, Barbara. Pigs in heaven.
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Clavell, James. Sho□gun.
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Greene, Bette, 1934- Summer of my German soldier.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Voina i mir. English.
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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 -- History and criticism.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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Ebook reference.
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Added Author |
LaBlanc, Michael L., editor.
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Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Gale Group.
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ISBN |
9781414428031 (electronic book) |
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1414428030 (electronic book) |
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9780787638290 |
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0787638293 |
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