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Short stories for students. Volume 5 presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories  Cover Image E-book E-book

Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories Volume 5

Akers, Tim, (editor.). Moore, Jerry (Gerald Eugene), (editor.). Gale Group (Added Author).

Summary: Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

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  • ISBN: 9781414428161 (electronic book)
  • ISBN: 1414428162 (electronic book)
  • ISBN: 9780787622206
  • ISBN: 0787622206
  • Physical Description: electronic
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  • Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 1999.

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General Note:
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
"ISSN 1092-7735."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Vol. 5: Barn burning - William Faulkner -- Big blonde - Dorothy Parker -- Blood-burning moon - Jean Toomer -- Boys and girls - Alice Munro -- The death of Ivan Ilych - Leo Tolstoy -- The demon lover - Elizabeth Bowen -- Guests of the nation - Frank O'Connor -- Han's crime - Shiga Naoya -- Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut -- A horse and two goats - R.K. Narayan -- The lady with the pet dog - Anton Chekhov -- Melanctha - Gertrude Stein -- Recitatif - Toni Morrison -- The sky is gray - Ernest J. Gaines -- Snapshots of a wedding - Bessie Head -- Swaddling clothes - Yukio Mishima -- The things they carried - Tim O'Brien -- What I have been doing lately - Jamaica Kincaid -- The wave - Liam O'Flaherty -- Wunderkind - Carson McCullers.
Original Version Note:
Original: 417 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Subject: Faulkner, William -- 1897-1962
Parker, Dorothy -- 1893-1967
Toomer, Jean -- 1894-1967
Munro, Alice
Tolstoy, Leo -- graf -- 1828-1910
Bowen, Elizabeth -- 1899-1973
O'Connor, Frank -- 1903-1966
Naoya, Shiga
Vonnegut, Kurt
Narayan, R. K -- 1906-2001
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich -- 1860-1904
Stein, Gertrude -- 1874-1946
Morrison, Toni
Gaines, Ernest J -- 1933-
Head, Bessie -- 1937-1986
Mishima, Yukio -- 1925-1970
O'Brien, Tim -- 1946-
Kincaid, Jamaica
O'Flaherty, Liam -- 1896-1984
McCullers, Carson -- 1917-1967
Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States
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