American Fiction: The Essential Guide to Contemporary Literature

by Jonathan Noakes and Margaret Reynolds

This guide deals with the themes, genre and narrative technique within these four classic American novels: To Kill a Mockingbird, Native Son, Catcher in the Rye, and Catch 22. A close reading and comparison of the texts will provide a rich source of idea for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Also included in this guide are detailed reading plans for all four novels, questions for essays and discussion,contextual material, suggested texts for complementary and comparative reading, a biography and bibliography for each author and a glossary of literary terms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099445069
• ISBN13: 9780099445067
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"