Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 29 :

Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 29 : Sara Constantakis, project editor. - 1 online resource (xix, 333 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Aunty Misery / by Judith Ortiz Cofer -- B. Wordsworth / by V.S. Naipaul -- The censors / by Luisa Valenzuela -- Contents of the dead man's pocket / by Jack Finney -- Dog star / by Arthur C. Clarke -- The doll's house / by Katherine Mansfield -- forty-five a month / by R.K. Narayan -- The grasshopper and the bell cricket / by Yasunari Kawabata -- Ha'penny / by Alan Paton -- The pit and the pendulum / by Edgar Allan Poe -- A problem / by Anton Chekhov -- Suzy and Leah / by Jane Yolen -- Thank you, ma'm / by Langston Hughes -- Where have you gone charming Billy? / by Tim O'Brien.

Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.



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Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.

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