| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 327 pages) : illustrations, photographs |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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| Contents |
Doctor Zhivago / Boris Pasternak -- Humboldt's gift / Saul Bellow -- The killer angels / Michael Shaara -- The known world / Edward P. Jones -- The lord of the rings / J.R.R. Tolkien -- March / Geraldine Brooks -- Martian time-slip / Philip K. Dick -- Picture bride / Yoshiko Uchida -- The rainbow / D.H. Lawrence -- The tenant of Wildfell Hall / Anne Bronte -- Ulysses / James Joyce |
| 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 |
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Title from website (viewed Dec. 2, 2008) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bellow, Saul. Humboldt's gift.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020039420
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Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849. Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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Brooks, Geraldine. March
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Dick, Philip K. Martian time-slip
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Jones, Edward P. Known world
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92029109
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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Rainbow.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85139423
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Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960. Doktor Zhivago. English.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009092734
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Shaara, Michael. Killer angels
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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97079452
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Uchida, Yoshiko. Picture bride
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Doktor Zhivago (Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356919 |
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Humboldt's gift (Bellow, Saul) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01361225 |
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Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J. R. R.) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356106 |
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Rainbow (Lawrence, D. H.) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356178 |
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Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Brontë, Anne) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01917353 |
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Ulysses (Joyce, James) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356277 |
| 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 |
0787686832 |
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1414429339 |
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9780787686833 |
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9781414429335 |
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