Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 6 :
Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 6 :
Tim Akers, project editor.
- 1 online resource (368 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. 6: The beast in the jungle / Henry James -- Bloodchild / Octavia Butler -- Cathedral / Raymond Carver -- The Chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck -- The dead / James Joyce -- Fever / John Edgar Wideman -- A guide to Berlin / Vladimir Nabokov -- Hills like white elephants / Ernest Hemingway -- Lost in the funhouse / John Barth -- Odour of Chrysanthemums / D.H. Lawrence -- Pomegranate Seed / Edith Wharton -- The ring / Isak Dinesen -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- A simple heart / Gustave Flaubert -- Spunk / Zora Neale Hurston -- Swimming Lessons / Rohinton Mistry -- A very old man with enormous wings / 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.
9781414428178
James, Henry, 1843-1916. Beast in the jungle.
Butler, Octavia E. Bloodchild.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Cathedral.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Chrysanthemums.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Dead.
Wideman, John Edgar. Fever.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Guide to Berlin.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Hills like white elephants.
Barth, John, 1930- Lost in the funhouse.
Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930. Odour of Chrysanthemums.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Pomegranate Seed.
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Ring.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Rose for Emily.
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Simple heart.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Spunk.
Mistry, Rohinton, 1952- Swimming Lessons.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- Very old man with enormous wings.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. "ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Vol. 6: The beast in the jungle / Henry James -- Bloodchild / Octavia Butler -- Cathedral / Raymond Carver -- The Chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck -- The dead / James Joyce -- Fever / John Edgar Wideman -- A guide to Berlin / Vladimir Nabokov -- Hills like white elephants / Ernest Hemingway -- Lost in the funhouse / John Barth -- Odour of Chrysanthemums / D.H. Lawrence -- Pomegranate Seed / Edith Wharton -- The ring / Isak Dinesen -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- A simple heart / Gustave Flaubert -- Spunk / Zora Neale Hurston -- Swimming Lessons / Rohinton Mistry -- A very old man with enormous wings / 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.
9781414428178
James, Henry, 1843-1916. Beast in the jungle.
Butler, Octavia E. Bloodchild.
Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Cathedral.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Chrysanthemums.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Dead.
Wideman, John Edgar. Fever.
Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Guide to Berlin.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Hills like white elephants.
Barth, John, 1930- Lost in the funhouse.
Lawrence, D. H. 1885-1930. Odour of Chrysanthemums.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Pomegranate Seed.
Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Ring.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Rose for Emily.
Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Simple heart.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Spunk.
Mistry, Rohinton, 1952- Swimming Lessons.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- Very old man with enormous wings.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.
PN3373