The American Novel (Understanding Literature Through Close Reading)

The American Novel helps students better understand and appreciate literature through a close examination of great short passages in classic works. Offering interpretations of selected passages from 150 great American novels, this new, two-volume set is curriculum-oriented and perfectly designed for student use. Each passage is reprinted along with a detailed analysis, which is then followed by a variety of questions designed to inspire further thinking or discussion of the passage.This comprehensive work is designed not only to facilitate comprehension of these particular passages, but also to teach students the techniques they need in order to understand any great and complicated passage of American literature.Coverage includes:Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan PoeThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston and many more.