Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 11 :

Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 11 : Jennifer Smith, project editor. - 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. "ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Vol. 11: And of clay are we created / Isabel Allende -- Battle royal or The invisible man / Ralph Ellison -- The gilded six-bits / Zora Neale Hurston -- A good scent from a strange mountain / Robert Olen Butler -- The grave / Katherine Anne Porter -- Hands / Sherwood Anderson -- Marriage a la mode / Katherine Mansfield -- Mrs. Plum / Eskia (Ezekiel) Mphahlele -- My Kinsman, Major Molineux / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Roselily / Alice Walker -- Say yes / Tobias Wolff -- The sheriff's children / Charles Waddell Chesnutt -- Silver water / Amy Bloom -- The snows of Kilimanjaro / Ernest Hemingway -- Story teller / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Women in their beds / Gina Berriault.

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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Allende, Isabel. And of clay are we created.
Ellison, Ralph. Battle royal or The invisible man.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Gilded six-bits.
Butler, Robert Olen. Good scent from a strange mountain.
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Grave.
Anderson, Sherwood , 1876-1941. Hands.
Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Marriage a la mode.
Mphahlele, Es'kia, 1919-2008. Mrs. Plum.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. My Kinsman, Major Molineux.
Walker, Alice, 1944- Roselily.
Wolff, Tobias, 1945- Say yes.
Chesnutt, Charles W. 1858-1932. Sheriff's children.
Bloom, Amy, 1953- Silver water.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Snows of Kilimanjaro.
Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- Story teller.
Berriault, Gina. Women in their beds.


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