Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 40 :

Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 40 : Matthew Derda, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden. - 1 online resource (xix, 326 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

The boy who drew cats / Lafcadio Hearn -- A bush league hero / Edna Ferber -- The cold equations / Tom Godwin -- Dance in America / Lorrie Moore -- The dinner party / Mona Gardner -- The Dunwich horror / H.P. Lovecraft -- Geraldine Moore the poet / Toni Cade Bambara -- A logic named Joe / Murray Leinster -- Mrs. Turner cutting the grass / Carol Shields -- New boy / Roddy Doyle -- A river runs through it / Norman Maclean -- Signs and symbols / Vladimir Nabokov -- The suitcase / Cynthia Ozick -- Year of the big thaw / Marion Zimmer Bradley.

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.



9781573023245


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

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