Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 3 :
Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 3 :
Kathlene Wilson, project editor.
- 1 online resource (420 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. 3: A and P / John Updike -- Axolotl / Julio Cortazar -- Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street / Herman Melville -- A conversation with my father / Grace Paley -- The door in the wall / H. G. Wells -- Flight / John Steinbeck -- In the penal colony / Franz Kafka -- The Japanese quince / John Galsworthy -- A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell -- The lady, or the tiger? / Frank R. Stockton -- The man who lived underground / Richard Wright -- On discovery / Maxine Hong Kingston -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- Rape fantasies / Margaret Atwood -- Robert Kennedy saved from drowning / Donald Barthelme -- The shawl / Cynthia Ozick -- Shiloh / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Sorrow-Acre / Isak Dinesen -- Vengeful creditor / Chinua Achebe -- Where I'm calling from / Raymond Carver -- Woman Hollering Creek / Sandra Cisneros.
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.
9781414428147
Updike, John. A & P.
Cortazar, Julio. Axolotl.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street.
Paley, Grace. Conversation with my father.
Wells, H. G. 1866-1946. Door in the wall.
Steinbeck, John , 1902-1968. Flight.
Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. In the penal colony.
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. Japanese quince.
Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948. Jury of her peers.
Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902. Lady, or the tiger?
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Man who lived underground.
Kingston, Maxine Hong. On discovery.
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. Outcasts of Poker Flat.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Rape fantasies.
Barthelme, Donald. Robert Kennedy saved from drowning.
Ozick, Cynthia. Shawl.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. Shiloh.
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Sorrow-Acre.
Achebe, Chinua. Vengeful creditor.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Where I'm calling from.
Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek.
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. 3: A and P / John Updike -- Axolotl / Julio Cortazar -- Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street / Herman Melville -- A conversation with my father / Grace Paley -- The door in the wall / H. G. Wells -- Flight / John Steinbeck -- In the penal colony / Franz Kafka -- The Japanese quince / John Galsworthy -- A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell -- The lady, or the tiger? / Frank R. Stockton -- The man who lived underground / Richard Wright -- On discovery / Maxine Hong Kingston -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- Rape fantasies / Margaret Atwood -- Robert Kennedy saved from drowning / Donald Barthelme -- The shawl / Cynthia Ozick -- Shiloh / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Sorrow-Acre / Isak Dinesen -- Vengeful creditor / Chinua Achebe -- Where I'm calling from / Raymond Carver -- Woman Hollering Creek / Sandra Cisneros.
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.
9781414428147
Updike, John. A & P.
Cortazar, Julio. Axolotl.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street.
Paley, Grace. Conversation with my father.
Wells, H. G. 1866-1946. Door in the wall.
Steinbeck, John , 1902-1968. Flight.
Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. In the penal colony.
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933. Japanese quince.
Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948. Jury of her peers.
Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902. Lady, or the tiger?
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Man who lived underground.
Kingston, Maxine Hong. On discovery.
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. Outcasts of Poker Flat.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Rape fantasies.
Barthelme, Donald. Robert Kennedy saved from drowning.
Ozick, Cynthia. Shawl.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. Shiloh.
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Sorrow-Acre.
Achebe, Chinua. Vengeful creditor.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Where I'm calling from.
Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373