An edition of Novels for students (2000)
Novels for Students
Presenting Analysis, Context and Criticism on Commonly Studied Novels (Novels for Students)
By Marie Rose Napierkowski,Deborah A. Stanley
Publish Date
March 2000
Publisher
Thomson Gale
Language
eng
Pages
332
Description:
Contains entries that provide information about fifteen novels, each with an introduction to the novel and its author; a plot summary; descriptions of characters; analysis of themes; an explanation of literary techniques and movements; a historical context essay; a look at media adaptations; and reading suggestions.
subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary), Literature, Study and teaching (Higher), History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, English fiction, American fiction, Modern Poetry
People: J. G. Ballard (1930-2009), Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), William Faulkner (1897-1962), Joyce Carol Oates (1938-), Carlos Fuentes, Jack London (1876-1916), Theodore Dreier (1902-1997), Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940), Agatha Christie (1890-1976), J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), Octavia E. Butler, Toni Morrison (1931-2019), Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)
Places: United States
Times: 20th century, 19th century