Description |
1 online resource (xix, 368 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
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Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Contents |
Alas, Babylon / Pat Frank -- The alchemist / Paulo Coelho -- Anthem / Ayn Rand -- Bless the beasts and the children / Glendon Swarthout -- Bread givers / Anzia Yezierska -- A day no pigs would die / Robert Newton Peck -- Einstein's dreams / Alan Lightman -- Eva luna / Isabel Allende -- I, robot / Isaac Asimov -- The magic mountain / Thomas Mann -- Mansfield park / Jane Austen -- Something wicked this way comes / Ray Bradbury -- Utopia / Thomas More -- Year of impossible goodbyes / Sook Nyul Choi |
Summary |
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance |
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 |
Allende, Isabel. Eva luna
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Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. I, robot.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Mansfield Park.
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Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. Something wicked this way comes.
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Choi, Sook Nyul. Year of impossible goodbyes
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Coelho, Paulo. Alquimista. English
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Frank, Pat, 1907-1964. Alas, Babylon
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Lightman, Alan P., 1948- Einstein's dreams
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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Zauberberg. English.
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More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.
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Peck, Robert Newton. Day no pigs would die
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Rand, Ayn. Anthem
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Swarthout, Glendon, 1918-1992. Bless the beasts and the children
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Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. Bread givers
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SUBJECT |
Alquimista (Coelho, Paulo) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01388468 |
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I, robot (Asimov, Isaac) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01365537 |
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Mansfield Park (Austen, Jane) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01937987 |
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Utopia (More, Thomas, Saint) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01802780 |
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Zauberberg (Mann, Thomas) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356775 |
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 |
Constantakis, Sara.
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ISBN |
1414449453 |
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9781414449456 |
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