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Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories
- Title
- Short stories for students. Volume 3 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Kathlene Wilson, project editor.
- Publication
- Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, 1998.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wilson, Kathleen, 1968-
- Description
- 1 online resource.
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Short stories for students. Volume 3 (Online)
- Subjects
- Short story > Study and teaching (Secondary) > United States
- Short story > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States
- Cisneros, Sandra > Woman Hollering Creek
- Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988 > Where I'm calling from
- Achebe, Chinua > Vengeful creditor
- Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962 > Sorrow-Acre
- Mason, Bobbie Ann > Shiloh
- Ozick, Cynthia > Shawl
- Barthelme, Donald > Robert Kennedy saved from drowning
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939- > Rape fantasies
- Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 > Outcasts of Poker Flat
- Kingston, Maxine Hong > On discovery
- Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Man who lived underground
- Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902 > Lady, or the tiger?
- Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948 > Jury of her peers
- Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933 > Japanese quince
- Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924 > In the penal colony
- Steinbeck, John , 1902-1968 > Flight
- Wells, H. G., (Herbert George), 1866-1946 > Door in the wall
- Paley, Grace > Conversation with my father
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street
- Cortazar, Julio > Axolotl
- Updike, John > A & P
- Note
- Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
- "ISSN 1092-7735."
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Vol. 3: A & P - John Updike -- Axolotl - Julio Cortazar -- Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street - Herman Melville -- A conversation with my father - Grace Paley -- The door in the wall - H. G. Wells -- Flight - John Steinbeck -- In the penal colony - Franz Kafka -- The Japanese quince - John Galsworthy -- A jury of her peers - Susan Glaspell -- The lady, or the tiger? - Frank R. Stockton -- The man who lived underground - Richard Wright -- On discovery - Maxine Hong Kingston -- The outcasts of Poker Flat - Bret Harte -- Rape fantasies - Margaret Atwood -- Robert Kennedy saved from drowning - Donald Barthelme -- The shawl - Cynthia Ozick -- Shiloh - Bobbie Ann Mason -- Sorrow-Acre - Isak Dinesen -- Vengeful creditor - Chinua Achebe -- Where I'm calling from - Raymond Carver -- Woman Hollering Creek - Sandra Cisneros.
- OCLC
- ssj0000516127
- Title
- Short stories for students. Volume 3 [electronic resource] : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Kathlene Wilson, project editor.
- Imprint
- Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, 1998.
- Access
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Original Version
- Original: 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wilson, Kathleen, 1968-