Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 20 :
Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 20 :
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler, project editors.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1092-7735." Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, criticism, sources, and further reading.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Babette's feast / Isak Dinesen -- The big black good man / Richard Wright -- Christmas not just once a year / Heinrich Boll -- A great day / Frank Sargeson -- Imagined scenes / Ann Beattie -- In the shadow of war / Ben Okri -- The long-distance runner / Grace Paley -- Private lies / Bobbie Ann Mason -- The pursuer / Julio Cortazar -- Saint Emmanuel the good, martyr / Miguel de Unamuno -- The sniper / Liam O'Flaherty -- The sun, the moon, the stars / Junot Diaz -- To room nineteen / Doris Lessing -- The veldt / Ray Bradbury.
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.
9780787694197
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Babette's feast.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Big black good man.
B�oll, Heinrich, 1917-1985. Christmas not just once a year.
Sargeson, Frank. Great day.
Beattie, Ann. Imagined scenes.
Okri, Ben. In the shadow of war.
Paley, Grace. Long-distance runner.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. Private lies.
Cort�azar, Julio. Pursuer.
Unamuno, Miguel de, 1864-1936. Saint Emmanuel the good, martyr.
O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984. Sniper.
D�iaz, Junot, 1968- Sun, the moon, the stars.
Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. To room nineteen.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920- Veldt.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373
"ISSN 1092-7735." Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, criticism, sources, and further reading.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Babette's feast / Isak Dinesen -- The big black good man / Richard Wright -- Christmas not just once a year / Heinrich Boll -- A great day / Frank Sargeson -- Imagined scenes / Ann Beattie -- In the shadow of war / Ben Okri -- The long-distance runner / Grace Paley -- Private lies / Bobbie Ann Mason -- The pursuer / Julio Cortazar -- Saint Emmanuel the good, martyr / Miguel de Unamuno -- The sniper / Liam O'Flaherty -- The sun, the moon, the stars / Junot Diaz -- To room nineteen / Doris Lessing -- The veldt / Ray Bradbury.
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.
9780787694197
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Babette's feast.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Big black good man.
B�oll, Heinrich, 1917-1985. Christmas not just once a year.
Sargeson, Frank. Great day.
Beattie, Ann. Imagined scenes.
Okri, Ben. In the shadow of war.
Paley, Grace. Long-distance runner.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. Private lies.
Cort�azar, Julio. Pursuer.
Unamuno, Miguel de, 1864-1936. Saint Emmanuel the good, martyr.
O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984. Sniper.
D�iaz, Junot, 1968- Sun, the moon, the stars.
Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. To room nineteen.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920- Veldt.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373