The Holocaust Short Story is the only book devoted entirely to representations of the Holocaust in the short story genre. The book highlights how the explosiveness of the moment captured in each short story is more immediate and more intense, and therefore recreates horrifying e…
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 / Shig…
Each volume of Short Stories for Students provides analysis of approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories studentrs and librarians have identified as the most frequently studied in literature courses.
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Each volume of Short Stories for Students provides analysis of approximately 20 of the most-studied short stories studentrs and librarians have identified as the most frequently studied in literature courses.
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.
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.
Provides profiles of major short-story American writers, including such writers as Isaac Asimov, Stephen Crane, Louise Erdrich, Washington Irving, John Knowles, Philip Roth, J.D. Salinger, and Richard Wright.
Provides profiles of major short-story American writers, including such writers as Isaac Asimov, Stephen Crane, Louise Erdrich, Washington Irving, John Knowles, Philip Roth, J.D. Salinger, and Richard Wright.
Provides profiles of major short-story writers throughout history and the world. American authors covered include Sherman Alexie, Saul Bellow, Benjamin Franklin, Dashiell Hammett, Herman Melville, Dorothy Parker, John Updike, and Edith Wharton. New to this edition are Edwidge Da…
Writer entries are arranged alphabetically and include: dates and places of birth and death; a list of principal short fiction; an overview of other literary forms; achievements; biography; and analysis. The analysis section discusses the writer's style and themes, with subsecti…
The Fourth Edition includes all writers from the previous edition and adds over 100 new ones, covering the history of short fiction from antiquity to the 21st century.
An examination of the development and writers of short fiction from its beginning to the present.
An examination of the development and writers of short fiction from its beginning to the present.
This volume discusses major writers from many different regions of Europe. The essays include such writers as Franz Kafka, Hans Christian Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, Homer, Miguel de Cervantes, Dante, and Anais Nin.