Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 34 :

Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 34 : Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden. - 1 online resource (xix, 352 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1092-7735."



The blue hotel / Stephen Crane -- The country of the blind / H.G. Wells -- First confession / Frank O'Connor -- Good country people / Flannery O'Connor -- Greasy lake / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- An hour with Abuelo / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Impulse / Conrad Aiken -- The lucky stone / Lucille Clifton -- The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- The night face up / Julio Cortazar -- The rain came / Grace Ogot -- Wasps' nest / Agatha Christie -- The white umbrella / Gish Jen -- The widow and the parrot : a true story / Virginia Woolf.

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.



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