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Tables of Contents for Novels for Students
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Guest Foreword ``The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature''
ix
Anne Deveraux Jordan
Introduction
xi
Literary Chronology
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Contributors
xix
Absalom, Absalom
1
26
William Faulkner
Author Biography
2
1
Plot Summary
3
1
Characters
4
2
Themes
6
2
Style
8
1
Historical Context
9
2
Critical Overview
11
2
Criticism
13
14
All the King's Men
27
27
Robert Penn Warren
Author Biography
28
1
Plot Summary
28
3
Characters
31
4
Themes
35
1
Style
36
1
Historical Context
37
3
Critical Overview
40
1
Criticism
41
13
Brideshead Revisited
54
26
Evelyn Waugh
Author Biography
55
1
Plot Summary
56
2
Characters
58
4
Themes
62
2
Style
64
2
Historical Context
66
1
Critical Overview
67
2
Criticism
69
11
The Death of the Heart
80
19
Elizabeth Bowen
Author Biography
81
1
Plot Summary
81
2
Characters
83
3
Themes
86
2
Style
88
1
Historical Context
89
2
Critical Overview
91
1
Criticism
92
7
The Kitchen God's Wife
99
23
Amy Tan
Author Biography
100
1
Plot Summary
100
2
Characters
102
2
Themes
104
2
Style
106
1
Historical Context
107
2
Critical Overview
109
2
Criticism
111
11
The Member of the Wedding
122
23
Carson McCullers
Author Biography
123
1
Plot Summary
123
1
Characters
124
2
Themes
126
1
Style
127
1
Historical Context
128
2
Critical Overview
130
1
Criticism
131
14
Moll Flanders
145
25
Daniel Defoe
Author Biography
145
1
Plot Summary
146
2
Characters
148
3
Themes
151
2
Style
153
1
Historical Context
154
1
Critical Overview
155
2
Criticism
157
13
Nectar in a Sieve
170
22
Kamala Markandaya
Author Biography
170
1
Plot Summary
171
1
Characters
172
2
Themes
174
1
Style
175
1
Historical Context
176
1
Critical Overview
177
1
Criticism
178
14
The Optimist's Daughter
192
20
Eudora Welty
Author Biography
193
1
Plot Summary
193
1
Characters
194
3
Themes
197
1
Style
198
1
Historical Context
199
1
Critical Overview
200
1
Criticism
201
11
The Remains of the Day
212
25
Kazuo Ishiguro
Author Biography
212
1
Plot Summary
213
1
Chracters
214
2
Themes
216
1
Style
217
1
Historical Context
218
2
Critical Overview
220
1
Criticism
221
16
Snow Falling on Cedars
237
17
David Guterson
Author Biography
238
1
Plot Summary
238
1
Characters
239
3
Themes
242
2
Style
244
1
Historical Context
245
1
Critical Overview
246
1
Criticism
247
7
Surfacing
254
13
Margaret Atwood
Author Biography
254
1
Plot Summary
255
2
Characters
257
2
Themes
259
1
Style
260
1
Historical Context
261
1
Critical Overview
262
2
Criticism
264
3
The Sweet Hereafter
267
17
Russell Banks
Author Biography
267
1
Plot Summary
268
2
Characters
270
3
Themes
273
1
Style
274
1
Historical Context
275
1
Critical Overview
276
1
Criticism
277
7
Vanity Fair
284
25
William Thackeray
Author Biography
285
1
Plot Summary
285
3
Characters
288
4
Themes
292
1
Style
293
2
Historical Context
295
1
Critical Overview
296
1
Criticism
297
12
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
309
24
L. Frank Baum
Author Biography
310
1
Plot Summary
310
1
Characters
311
3
Themes
314
2
Style
316
1
Historical Context
316
2
Critical Overview
318
1
Criticism
319
14
Glossary of Literary Terms
333
12
Cumulative Author/Title Index
345
6
Cumulative Nationality/Ethnicity Index
351
4
Subject/Theme Index
355