presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels
Telgen, Diane
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.
Profiles six novels by twentieth-century North Carolina writer Kaye Gibbons, discussing their plots, characters, settings, themes, and imagery and providing Marxist, cultural, feminist, and psychoanalytic readings.
