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Short stories for students. Volume 13 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Jennifer Smith, project editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, [(c)2001.]Description: 1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414428246
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3373
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Contents:
Vol. 13: Astronomer's wife / Kay Boyle -- Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- The darling / Anton Chekhov -- Desiree's baby / Kate Chopin -- Dominoes / Jack Agueros -- Errand / Raymond Carver -- The first seven years / Bernard Malamud -- Happy endings / Margaret Atwood -- Jeffty is five / Harlan Ellison -- Life / Bessie Head -- Little miracles, kept promises / Sandra Cisneros -- My life with the wave / Octavio Paz -- The sailor-boy's tale / Isak Dinesen -- Stones in my passway, hellhound on my trail / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen / Tadeusz Borowski -- Walker brothers cowboy / Alice Munro.
Summary: 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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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.

"ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Vol. 13: Astronomer's wife / Kay Boyle -- Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- The darling / Anton Chekhov -- Desiree's baby / Kate Chopin -- Dominoes / Jack Agueros -- Errand / Raymond Carver -- The first seven years / Bernard Malamud -- Happy endings / Margaret Atwood -- Jeffty is five / Harlan Ellison -- Life / Bessie Head -- Little miracles, kept promises / Sandra Cisneros -- My life with the wave / Octavio Paz -- The sailor-boy's tale / Isak Dinesen -- Stones in my passway, hellhound on my trail / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen / Tadeusz Borowski -- Walker brothers cowboy / Alice Munro.

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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