American Fiction: The Essential Guide To (Vintage Living Texts) - Softcover

Noakes, Jonathan; Reynolds, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099445069 ISBN 13: 9780099445067

Publisher: Vintage, 2003

Synopsis

Catch 22, Cather in the Rye, To Kill a Mocking Bird and Native Son- this guide deals with the themes, genre and narrative techniques of these four classic American novels, with an emphasis on providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Amongst many other features you'll find inpsirational reading plans and contextual material, suggested complementary and comparative reading and an indispensable glossary.

About this title

Review:

"This makes me want to read my own books all over again" (Louis de Bernières)

"I didn't realise how good the series was until I started working closely with it. The questions are so thoughtful and probing... the texts really do occupy their own niche between guides purely for teachers and the ubiquitous student crib, and are much better than either" (Head of English, Newington College)

Book Description:

In Vintage Living Texts, teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Joseph Heller, J. D. Salinger, Harper Lee and Richard Wright.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0099445069
• ISBN 13: 9780099445067
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256