Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 12 :
Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 12 :
Jennifer Smith, project editor.
- 1 online resource (340 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. 12: The beginning of Homewood / John Edgar Wideman -- Debbie and Julie / Doris Lessing -- The Erlking / Angela Carter -- The feathered ogre / Italo Calvino -- Fountains in the rain / Yukio Mishima -- Goodbye, Columbus / Philip Roth -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- Kew Gardens / Virginia Woolf -- Leaving the yellow house / Saul Bellow -- The lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- The metamorphosis / Franz Kafka -- The pagan rabbi / Cynthia Ozick -- The Spinoza of Market Street / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Suspicion / Dorothy L. Sayers -- That evening sun / William Faulkner -- What we talk about when we talk about love / Raymond Carver.
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.
9781414428239
Wideman, John Edgar. Beginning of Homewood.
Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Debbie and Julie.
Carter, Angela, 1940-1992. Erlking.
Calvino, Italo. Feathered ogre.
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970. Fountains in the rain.
Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Kew Gardens.
Bellow, Saul. Leaving the yellow house.
Bambara, Toni Cade. Lesson.
Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. Metamorphosis.
Ozick, Cynthia. Pagan rabbi.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Spinoza of Market Street.
Sayers, Dorothy L. 1893-1957. Suspicion.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. That evening sun.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. What we talk about when we talk about love.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. "ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Vol. 12: The beginning of Homewood / John Edgar Wideman -- Debbie and Julie / Doris Lessing -- The Erlking / Angela Carter -- The feathered ogre / Italo Calvino -- Fountains in the rain / Yukio Mishima -- Goodbye, Columbus / Philip Roth -- Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad -- Kew Gardens / Virginia Woolf -- Leaving the yellow house / Saul Bellow -- The lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- The metamorphosis / Franz Kafka -- The pagan rabbi / Cynthia Ozick -- The Spinoza of Market Street / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Suspicion / Dorothy L. Sayers -- That evening sun / William Faulkner -- What we talk about when we talk about love / Raymond Carver.
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.
9781414428239
Wideman, John Edgar. Beginning of Homewood.
Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Debbie and Julie.
Carter, Angela, 1940-1992. Erlking.
Calvino, Italo. Feathered ogre.
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970. Fountains in the rain.
Roth, Philip. Goodbye, Columbus.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Heart of darkness.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Kew Gardens.
Bellow, Saul. Leaving the yellow house.
Bambara, Toni Cade. Lesson.
Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. Metamorphosis.
Ozick, Cynthia. Pagan rabbi.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Spinoza of Market Street.
Sayers, Dorothy L. 1893-1957. Suspicion.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. That evening sun.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. What we talk about when we talk about love.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373