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Title Novels for students. Volume 29 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels / Sara Constantakis, project editor
Published Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [2009]
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 368 pages) : illustrations, photographs
Series Gale virtual reference library
Gale virtual reference library.
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
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
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. I, robot.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Mansfield Park.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. Something wicked this way comes.
Choi, Sook Nyul. Year of impossible goodbyes
Coelho, Paulo. Alquimista. English
Frank, Pat, 1907-1964. Alas, Babylon
Lightman, Alan P., 1948- Einstein's dreams
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Zauberberg. English.
More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.
Peck, Robert Newton. Day no pigs would die
Rand, Ayn. Anthem
Swarthout, Glendon, 1918-1992. Bless the beasts and the children
Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. Bread givers
SUBJECT Alquimista (Coelho, Paulo) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01388468
I, robot (Asimov, Isaac) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01365537
Mansfield Park (Austen, Jane) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01937987
Utopia (More, Thomas, Saint) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01802780
Zauberberg (Mann, Thomas) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356775
Subject Fiction -- History and criticism.
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
Literature -- History and criticism.
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Fiction.
Literature.
United States.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Constantakis, Sara.
ISBN 1414449453
9781414449456