Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 37 :
Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 37 :
Matthew Derda, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden.
- 1 online resource (xix, 317 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Dead men's path / Chinua Achebe -- The drummer boy of Shiloh / Ray Bradbury -- The egg / Sherwood Anderson -- The feather pillow / Horacio Quiroga -- Interpreter of maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri -- The jay / Yasunari Kawabata -- The long exile / Leo Tolstoy -- New African / Andrea Lee -- Night talkers / Edwidge Danticat -- Oliver's evolution / John Updike -- The possibility of evil / Shirley Jackson -- The princess and the tin box / James Thurber -- The shawl / Louise Erdrich -- Tuesday siesta / Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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.
9781414487595
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.
Dead men's path / Chinua Achebe -- The drummer boy of Shiloh / Ray Bradbury -- The egg / Sherwood Anderson -- The feather pillow / Horacio Quiroga -- Interpreter of maladies / Jhumpa Lahiri -- The jay / Yasunari Kawabata -- The long exile / Leo Tolstoy -- New African / Andrea Lee -- Night talkers / Edwidge Danticat -- Oliver's evolution / John Updike -- The possibility of evil / Shirley Jackson -- The princess and the tin box / James Thurber -- The shawl / Louise Erdrich -- Tuesday siesta / Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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.
9781414487595
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373