Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories. Volume 27 :
Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories. Volume 27 :
- 1 online resource (xix, 342 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
After twenty years / O. Henry -- American history / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Anxiety / Grace Paley -- Charles / Shirley Jackson -- Eleven / Sandra Cisneros -- A horseman in the sky / Ambrose Bierce -- Jim Baker's blue jay yarn / Mark Twain -- Liberty / Julia Alvarez -- Race at morning / William Faulkner -- This blessed house / Jhumpa Lahiri -- The use of force / William Carlos Williams -- A Wagner matinee / Willa Cather -- The writer in the family / E. L. Doctorow -- Zlateh the goat / Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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.
9781414449586
Henry, O., 1862-1910. After twenty years.
Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952- American history.
Paley, Grace. Anxiety.
Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965. Charles.
Cisneros, Sandra. Eleven.
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Horseman in the sky.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Jim Baker's blue jay yarn.
Alvarez, Julia. Liberty.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Race at morning.
Lahiri, Jhumpa. This blessed house.
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. Use of force.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Wagner matinee.
Doctorow, E. L., 1931- Writer in the family.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Zlateh the goat.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373
"ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
After twenty years / O. Henry -- American history / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Anxiety / Grace Paley -- Charles / Shirley Jackson -- Eleven / Sandra Cisneros -- A horseman in the sky / Ambrose Bierce -- Jim Baker's blue jay yarn / Mark Twain -- Liberty / Julia Alvarez -- Race at morning / William Faulkner -- This blessed house / Jhumpa Lahiri -- The use of force / William Carlos Williams -- A Wagner matinee / Willa Cather -- The writer in the family / E. L. Doctorow -- Zlateh the goat / Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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.
9781414449586
Henry, O., 1862-1910. After twenty years.
Cofer, Judith Ortiz, 1952- American history.
Paley, Grace. Anxiety.
Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965. Charles.
Cisneros, Sandra. Eleven.
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Horseman in the sky.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Jim Baker's blue jay yarn.
Alvarez, Julia. Liberty.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Race at morning.
Lahiri, Jhumpa. This blessed house.
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963. Use of force.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Wagner matinee.
Doctorow, E. L., 1931- Writer in the family.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991. Zlateh the goat.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373