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  1. Literary themes for students
    examining diverse literature to understand and compare universal themes ; : Race and prejudice
    Contributor: Hacht, Anne Marie (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Gale, Detroit, Mich

    Race and predjudice in American literature -- Race and predjudice in British literature -- Race and predjudice in World literature -- The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain -- Angels in America / Tony Kushner -- The autobiography of Miss... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    Race and predjudice in American literature -- Race and predjudice in British literature -- Race and predjudice in World literature -- The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain -- Angels in America / Tony Kushner -- The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / Ernest J. Gaines -- The autobiography of Malcolm X / Alex Haley and Malcolm X -- The awakening / Kate Chopin -- Blacks / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Bury my heart at wounded knee: an Indian history of the American West / Dee Brown -- Ceremony / Leslie Marmon Silko -- The color purple / Alice Walker -- Cry, the beloved country / Alan Paton -- The diary of a young girl / Anne Frank -- "Everything that rises must converge" / Flannery O'Connor -- Farewell to Manzanar / James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- "A good day" / Primo Levi -- Heart of Darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- "I have a dream" / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Kaffir boy: the true story of a Black youth's coming of age in apartheid South Africa / Mark Mathabane -- "King of the bingo game" / Ralph Ellison -- The merchant of Venice / William Shakespeare -- Native son / Richard Wright -- "The Negro speaks of rivers" / Langston Hughes -- Nisei daughter / Monica Sone -- A passage to India / E.M. Forester -- A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry -- Roll of thunder, hear my cry / Mildred D. Taylor -- A room of one's own / Virginia Woolf -- The souls of Black folk / W.E.B. Du Bois -- To kill a mockingbird / Harper Lee -- Uncle Tom's cabin / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- A vindication of the rights of woman / Mary Wollstonecraft -- "What you pawn I will redeem" / Sherman Alexie -- Class and caste -- Disabilities, illness, and social stigma -- Ethnic cleansing, genocide, and exile -- Ethnicity -- Gender -- Religion -- Segregation -- Sexual orientation -- Slavery. Works included represent a wide range of circumstances in which individuals experience prejudice in American, British and world literature. The discussion goes well beyond race, religion, and gender into ethnicity, social status, mental and physical health, and personal beliefs and behaviors

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Contributor: Hacht, Anne Marie (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781414418872; 1414418876
    Series: Literary themes for students
    Gale eBooks
    Subjects: Race in literature; Prejudices in literature; Social conflict in literature; Genocide in literature; Ethnicity in literature; Sex role in literature; Religion in literature; Segregation in literature; Sexual orientation in literature; Slavery in literature
    Other subjects: Twain, Mark (1835-1910): Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Kushner, Tony: Angels in America (1993); Gaines, Ernest J (1933-): Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman; Haley, Alex: Autobiography of Malcolm X; X, Malcolm (1925-1965): Autobiography of Malcolm X; Chopin, Kate (1851-1904): Awakening; Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000): Blacks; Brown, Dee Alexander: Bury my heart at wounded knee; Silko, Leslie (1948-): Ceremony; Walker, Alice (1944-): Color purple; Paton, Alan: Cry, the beloved country; Frank, Anne (1929-1945): Achterhuis; O'Connor, Flannery: Everything that rises must converge; Houston, James D: Farewell to Manzanar; Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki: Farewell to Manzanar; Keyes, Daniel: Flowers for Algernon; Levi, Primo: Good day; Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924): Heart of darkness; Cisneros, Sandra: House on Mango Street; King, Martin Luther Jr (1929-1968): I have a dream; Angelou, Maya: I know why the caged bird sings; Mathabane, Mark: Kaffir boy; Ellison, Ralph: King of the bingo game; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Merchant of Venice; Wright, Richard (1908-1960): Native son; Hughes, Langston (1902-1967): Negro speaks of rivers; Sone, Monica Itoi (1919-2011): Nisei daughter; Forster, E. M (1879-1970): Passage to India; Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965): Raisin in the sun; Taylor, Mildred D: Rolling thunder, hear my cry; Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941): Room of one's own; Du Bois, W. E. B (1868-1963): Souls of Black folk; Lee, Harper: To kill a mockingbird; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896): Uncle Tom's cabin; Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797): Vindication of the rights of woman; Alexie, Sherman (1966-): What you pawn I will redeem
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (2 v), ill
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  2. Novels for students
    presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels ; Volume 2
    Contributor: Telgen, Diane (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: c1997
    Publisher:  Gale, Detroit, Mich

    The chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Dinner at the homesick restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    The chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Dinner at the homesick restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Invisible man / Ralph Ellison -- Lord of the flies / William Golding -- My Antonia / Willa Cather -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Ken Kesey -- A separate peace / John Knowles -- Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe -- To kill a mockingbird -- Harper Lee -- Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte. 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

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Contributor: Telgen, Diane (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781414427959; 1414427956
    Series: Gale eBooks
    Subjects: Fiction; Fiction; Fiction; Literature
    Other subjects: Cormier, Robert: Chocolate war; Tyler, Anne: Dinner at the homesick restaurant; Keyes, Daniel: Flowers for Algernon; Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940): Great Gatsby; Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924): Heart of darkness; Cisneros, Sandra: House on Mango Street; Angelou, Maya: I know why the caged bird sings; Ellison, Ralph: Invisible man; Golding, William (1911-1993): Lord of the flies; Cather, Willa (1873-1947): My Antonia; Kesey, Ken: One flew over the cuckoo's nest; Knowles, John (1926-2001): Separate peace; Achebe, Chinua: Things fall apart; Lee, Harper: To kill a mockingbird; Bronte, Emily (1818-1848): Wuthering Heights
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 350 p), ill., photos
    Notes:

    "ISSN 1094-3552."

    Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  3. Novels for students
    presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels ; Volume 2
    Contributor: Telgen, Diane (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: c1997
    Publisher:  Gale, Detroit, Mich

    The chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Dinner at the homesick restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros... more

    Access:
    Verlag (Array)
    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    No inter-library loan
    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    No inter-library loan
    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
    No inter-library loan

     

    The chocolate war / Robert Cormier -- Dinner at the homesick restaurant / Anne Tyler -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- The great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Invisible man / Ralph Ellison -- Lord of the flies / William Golding -- My Antonia / Willa Cather -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest / Ken Kesey -- A separate peace / John Knowles -- Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe -- To kill a mockingbird -- Harper Lee -- Wuthering Heights / Emily Bronte. 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

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Contributor: Telgen, Diane (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781414427959; 1414427956
    Series: Gale eBooks
    Subjects: Fiction; Fiction; Fiction; Literature
    Other subjects: Cormier, Robert: Chocolate war; Tyler, Anne: Dinner at the homesick restaurant; Keyes, Daniel: Flowers for Algernon; Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940): Great Gatsby; Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924): Heart of darkness; Cisneros, Sandra: House on Mango Street; Angelou, Maya: I know why the caged bird sings; Ellison, Ralph: Invisible man; Golding, William (1911-1993): Lord of the flies; Cather, Willa (1873-1947): My Antonia; Kesey, Ken: One flew over the cuckoo's nest; Knowles, John (1926-2001): Separate peace; Achebe, Chinua: Things fall apart; Lee, Harper: To kill a mockingbird; Bronte, Emily (1818-1848): Wuthering Heights
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 350 p), ill., photos
    Notes:

    "ISSN 1094-3552."

    Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  4. Literary themes for students
    examining diverse literature to understand and compare universal themes ; : Race and prejudice
    Contributor: Hacht, Anne Marie (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Gale, Detroit, Mich

    Race and predjudice in American literature -- Race and predjudice in British literature -- Race and predjudice in World literature -- The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain -- Angels in America / Tony Kushner -- The autobiography of Miss... more

    Access:
    Verlag (Array)
    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    No inter-library loan
    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    No inter-library loan
    Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
    No inter-library loan

     

    Race and predjudice in American literature -- Race and predjudice in British literature -- Race and predjudice in World literature -- The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain -- Angels in America / Tony Kushner -- The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / Ernest J. Gaines -- The autobiography of Malcolm X / Alex Haley and Malcolm X -- The awakening / Kate Chopin -- Blacks / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Bury my heart at wounded knee: an Indian history of the American West / Dee Brown -- Ceremony / Leslie Marmon Silko -- The color purple / Alice Walker -- Cry, the beloved country / Alan Paton -- The diary of a young girl / Anne Frank -- "Everything that rises must converge" / Flannery O'Connor -- Farewell to Manzanar / James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston -- Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes -- "A good day" / Primo Levi -- Heart of Darkness / Joseph Conrad -- The house on Mango Street / Sandra Cisneros -- "I have a dream" / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou -- Kaffir boy: the true story of a Black youth's coming of age in apartheid South Africa / Mark Mathabane -- "King of the bingo game" / Ralph Ellison -- The merchant of Venice / William Shakespeare -- Native son / Richard Wright -- "The Negro speaks of rivers" / Langston Hughes -- Nisei daughter / Monica Sone -- A passage to India / E.M. Forester -- A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry -- Roll of thunder, hear my cry / Mildred D. Taylor -- A room of one's own / Virginia Woolf -- The souls of Black folk / W.E.B. Du Bois -- To kill a mockingbird / Harper Lee -- Uncle Tom's cabin / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- A vindication of the rights of woman / Mary Wollstonecraft -- "What you pawn I will redeem" / Sherman Alexie -- Class and caste -- Disabilities, illness, and social stigma -- Ethnic cleansing, genocide, and exile -- Ethnicity -- Gender -- Religion -- Segregation -- Sexual orientation -- Slavery. Works included represent a wide range of circumstances in which individuals experience prejudice in American, British and world literature. The discussion goes well beyond race, religion, and gender into ethnicity, social status, mental and physical health, and personal beliefs and behaviors

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Contributor: Hacht, Anne Marie (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781414418872; 1414418876
    Series: Literary themes for students
    Gale eBooks
    Subjects: Race in literature; Prejudices in literature; Social conflict in literature; Genocide in literature; Ethnicity in literature; Sex role in literature; Religion in literature; Segregation in literature; Sexual orientation in literature; Slavery in literature
    Other subjects: Twain, Mark (1835-1910): Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Kushner, Tony: Angels in America (1993); Gaines, Ernest J (1933-): Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman; Haley, Alex: Autobiography of Malcolm X; X, Malcolm (1925-1965): Autobiography of Malcolm X; Chopin, Kate (1851-1904): Awakening; Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000): Blacks; Brown, Dee Alexander: Bury my heart at wounded knee; Silko, Leslie (1948-): Ceremony; Walker, Alice (1944-): Color purple; Paton, Alan: Cry, the beloved country; Frank, Anne (1929-1945): Achterhuis; O'Connor, Flannery: Everything that rises must converge; Houston, James D: Farewell to Manzanar; Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki: Farewell to Manzanar; Keyes, Daniel: Flowers for Algernon; Levi, Primo: Good day; Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924): Heart of darkness; Cisneros, Sandra: House on Mango Street; King, Martin Luther Jr (1929-1968): I have a dream; Angelou, Maya: I know why the caged bird sings; Mathabane, Mark: Kaffir boy; Ellison, Ralph: King of the bingo game; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Merchant of Venice; Wright, Richard (1908-1960): Native son; Hughes, Langston (1902-1967): Negro speaks of rivers; Sone, Monica Itoi (1919-2011): Nisei daughter; Forster, E. M (1879-1970): Passage to India; Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965): Raisin in the sun; Taylor, Mildred D: Rolling thunder, hear my cry; Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941): Room of one's own; Du Bois, W. E. B (1868-1963): Souls of Black folk; Lee, Harper: To kill a mockingbird; Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896): Uncle Tom's cabin; Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797): Vindication of the rights of woman; Alexie, Sherman (1966-): What you pawn I will redeem
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (2 v), ill
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index