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Novels for Students; vol. 32
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Novels for Students; vol. 32Novels for Students; vol. 32

Each volume (beginning with volume 32) will include two "Literature to Film" entries. Entries profiling film versions of plays/novels not only diversify the study of plays/novels but support alternate learning styles, media literacy, and film studies curricula as well.

Here are some of the novels they will find:

  • "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
  • "Joseph Andrews" by Henry Fielding
  • "Lit to Film: Last of the Mohicans" by Gordon Parks
  • "Wings of the Dove" by Henry James
 
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Novels for Students, Vol. 31
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Novels for Students, Vol. 31

Novels for Students contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 12 to 15 works from various cultures and time periods. Each novel included in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians, experts who have helped us define the information needs of students ..

 

  • "The Bonesetter's Daughter" by Amy Tan
  • "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
  • "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott
  • "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
  • "When Rain Clouds Gather" by Bessie Head
 
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Drama for Students, Volume 27
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Drama for Students, Volume 27

Every volume of Drama for Students features coverage of 15 plays most frequently studied in literature classes.

Each volume (beginning with volume 27) will include two "Literature to Film" entries. Entries profiling film versions of plays/novels not only diversify the study of plays/novels but support alternate learning styles, media literacy, and film studies curricula as well. Look for:

  • "9 Parts of Desire" by Heather Raffo
  • "Desire Under the Elms" by Eugene O'Neill
  • "Henrietta" by Karen Jones-Meadows
  • "Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil" by Bill Harris
  • "The Trojan Women" by Euripides
 
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Joseph Andrews (Cliffs Notes)
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Joseph Andrews (Cliffs Notes) Ordinarily a moralist writer, in this novel Fielding creates a comedy of romance, by superimposing the positive act of the imagination on the raw material of the real world. It is ultimately both instructive and entertaining. Here Fielding parodies his own previous novels in this story of a young man resisting the many attempts to seduce him.
 
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L. Frank Baum (Who Wrote That?)
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L. Frank Baum (Who Wrote That?)

Actor. Businessman. Newspaper editor. Filmmaker. Exotic poultry breeder. During his lifetime, L. Frank Baum tried and failed at many careers. At the age of 44, he wrote and published the book that made him one of the most beloved children's authors of all time: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a novel that first introduced young readers to the magical land of Oz. The book became the first in a series of 14 novels about Oz, and one of more than 40 other novels Baum wrote. His other works include nine fantasy novels ...
 
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