Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 8 :

Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 8 : Ira Mark Milne, project editor. - 1 online resource (387 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. 8: Blackberry winter / Robert Penn Warren -- Flowering Judas / Katherine Anne Porter -- The garden party / Katherine Mansfield -- The grand inquisitor / Fyodor Dostoevsky -- How I contemplated the world . . . / Joyce Carol Oates -- In another country / Ernest Hemingway -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving -- The lifted veil / George Eliot -- The magic barrel / Bernard Malamud -- The man to send rainclouds / Leslie Marmon Silko -- The masque of the red death / Edgar Allan Poe -- Mateo Falcone / Prosper Merimee -- Mrs. Bathurst / Rudyard Kipling -- A New England nun / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Redemption / John Gardner -- Residents and transients / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Silent snow, secret snow / Conrad Aiken.

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.



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Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Blackberry winter.
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Flowering Judas.
Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Garden party.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Grand inquisitor.
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- How I contemplated the world.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. In another country.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Lifted veil.
Malamud, Bernard. Magic barrel.
Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- Man to send rainclouds.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Masque of the red death.
M�erim�ee, Prosper, 1803-1870. Mateo Falcone.
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Mrs. Bathurst.
Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. New England nun.
Gardner, John, 1933-1982. Redemption.
Mason, Bobbie Ann. Residents and transients.
Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. Silent snow, secret snow.


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