Description |
1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Contents |
The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay / Michael Chabon -- American pastoral / Philip Roth -- Cold mountain / Charles Frazier -- David Copperfield / Charles Dickens -- The deerslayer / James Fenimore Cooper -- Empire Falls / Richard Russo -- The good earth / Pearl S. Buck -- In Babylon / Marcel Mṟing -- Independence day / Richard Ford -- No-no boy / John Okada -- Stones from the river / Ursula Hegi -- Waiting / Ha Jin |
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 |
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973. Good earth
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Chabon, Michael. Amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Deerslayer.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. David Copperfield.
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Ford, Richard, 1944- Independence day
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Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain.
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Hegi, Ursula. Stones from the river
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Jin, Ha, 1956- Waiting
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Mṟing, Marcel. In Babylon
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Okada, John. No-no boy
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Roth, Philip. American pastoral.
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Russo, Richard, 1949- Empire Falls
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SUBJECT |
American pastoral (Roth, Philip) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01403817 |
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Cold Mountain (Frazier, Charles) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01388977 |
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David Copperfield (Dickens, Charles) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356326 |
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Deerslayer (Cooper, James Fenimore) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01913038 |
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Good earth (Buck, Pearl S.) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01358414 |
Subject |
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 |
1414429320 |
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9781414429328 |
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