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.
9781414482347
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373
"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.
9781414482347
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373