Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 5 :
Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 5 :
Tim Akers and Jerry Moore, editors.
- Detroit : Gale Group, c1999.
- xxii, 417 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
0787622206
Literature--History and criticism.
Short stories--20th century.
Short stories, American--20th century.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher).
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary).
Short story.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
0787622206
Literature--History and criticism.
Short stories--20th century.
Short stories, American--20th century.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher).
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary).
Short story.