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Short stories for students. Volume 17 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / David Galens, project editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [(c)2003.]Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780787692889
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3373
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
The aleph / Jorge Luis Borges -- Average waves in unprotected waters / Anne Tyler -- The best girlfriend you never had / Pam Houston -- A conversation from the third floor / Mohamed El-Bisatie -- The eye / Paul Bowles -- The fall of Edward Barnard / W. Somerset Maugham -- Four Summers / Joyce Carol Oates -- In the kindergarten / Ha Jin -- The indian uprising / Donald Barthelme -- The Killers / Ernest Hemingway -- A map of Tripoli, 1967 / Marlene Reed Wetzel -- Naming the names / Anne Devlin -- Nightfall / Isaac Asimov -- A perfect day for bananafish / J.D. Salinger -- A point at issue! / Kate Chopin.
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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"ISSN 1092-7735."

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, criticism, sources and further reading.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The aleph / Jorge Luis Borges -- Average waves in unprotected waters / Anne Tyler -- The best girlfriend you never had / Pam Houston -- A conversation from the third floor / Mohamed El-Bisatie -- The eye / Paul Bowles -- The fall of Edward Barnard / W. Somerset Maugham -- Four Summers / Joyce Carol Oates -- In the kindergarten / Ha Jin -- The indian uprising / Donald Barthelme -- The Killers / Ernest Hemingway -- A map of Tripoli, 1967 / Marlene Reed Wetzel -- Naming the names / Anne Devlin -- Nightfall / Isaac Asimov -- A perfect day for bananafish / J.D. Salinger -- A point at issue! / Kate Chopin.

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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