Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 5 :
Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 5 :
Tim Akers and Jerry Moore, project editors.
- 1 online resource (417 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. 5: Barn burning / William Faulkner -- Big blonde / Dorothy Parker -- Blood-burning moon / Jean Toomer -- Boys and girls / Alice Munro -- The death of Ivan Ilych / Leo Tolstoy -- The demon lover / Elizabeth Bowen -- Guests of the nation / Frank O'Connor -- Han's crime / Shiga Naoya -- Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut -- A horse and two goats / R.K. Narayan -- The lady with the pet dog / Anton Chekhov -- Melanctha / Gertrude Stein -- Recitatif / Toni Morrison -- The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines -- Snapshots of a wedding / Bessie Head -- Swaddling clothes / Yukio Mishima -- The things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- What I have been doing lately / Jamaica Kincaid -- The wave / Liam O'Flaherty -- Wunderkind / Carson McCullers.
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.
9781414428161
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Barn burning.
Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. Big blonde.
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967. Blood-burning moon.
Munro, Alice, 1931- Boys and girls.
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Death of Ivan Ilych.
Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973. Demon lover.
O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966. Guests of the nation.
Shiga, Naoya, 1883-1971. Han's crime.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Harrison Bergeron.
Narayan, R. K., 1906-2001. Horse and two goats.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Lady with the pet dog.
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. Melanctha.
Morrison, Toni. Recitatif.
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Sky is gray.
Head, Bessie, 1937-1986. Snapshots of a wedding.
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970. Swaddling clothes.
O'Brien, Tim, 1946- Things they carried.
Kincaid, Jamaica. What I have been doing lately.
O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984. Wave.
McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Wunderkind.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. "ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Vol. 5: Barn burning / William Faulkner -- Big blonde / Dorothy Parker -- Blood-burning moon / Jean Toomer -- Boys and girls / Alice Munro -- The death of Ivan Ilych / Leo Tolstoy -- The demon lover / Elizabeth Bowen -- Guests of the nation / Frank O'Connor -- Han's crime / Shiga Naoya -- Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut -- A horse and two goats / R.K. Narayan -- The lady with the pet dog / Anton Chekhov -- Melanctha / Gertrude Stein -- Recitatif / Toni Morrison -- The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines -- Snapshots of a wedding / Bessie Head -- Swaddling clothes / Yukio Mishima -- The things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- What I have been doing lately / Jamaica Kincaid -- The wave / Liam O'Flaherty -- Wunderkind / Carson McCullers.
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.
9781414428161
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Barn burning.
Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967. Big blonde.
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967. Blood-burning moon.
Munro, Alice, 1931- Boys and girls.
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Death of Ivan Ilych.
Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973. Demon lover.
O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966. Guests of the nation.
Shiga, Naoya, 1883-1971. Han's crime.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Harrison Bergeron.
Narayan, R. K., 1906-2001. Horse and two goats.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Lady with the pet dog.
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. Melanctha.
Morrison, Toni. Recitatif.
Gaines, Ernest J., 1933- Sky is gray.
Head, Bessie, 1937-1986. Snapshots of a wedding.
Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970. Swaddling clothes.
O'Brien, Tim, 1946- Things they carried.
Kincaid, Jamaica. What I have been doing lately.
O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984. Wave.
McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Wunderkind.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373