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Short stories for students. Volume 2 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Kathlene Wilson, project editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, [(c)1997.]Description: 1 online resource (349 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414428130
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3373
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Contents:
Vol. 2: The bear / William Faulkner -- A Christmas memory / Truman Capote -- Everyday use / Alice Walker -- The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe -- The gift of the Magi / O. Henry -- Gimpel the fool / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor -- In the cemetery where Al Jolson is buried / Amy Hempel -- Miss Brill / Katherine Mansfield -- The monkey's paw / W. W. Jacobs -- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / Ambrose Bierce -- The ones who walk away from Omelas / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Paul's case / Willa Cather -- The red-headed league / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- The story of an hour / Kate Chopin -- The swimmer / John Cheever -- The train from Rhodesia / Nadine Gordimer -- A worn path / Eudora Welty.
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. 2: The bear / William Faulkner -- A Christmas memory / Truman Capote -- Everyday use / Alice Walker -- The fall of the house of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe -- The gift of the Magi / O. Henry -- Gimpel the fool / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor -- In the cemetery where Al Jolson is buried / Amy Hempel -- Miss Brill / Katherine Mansfield -- The monkey's paw / W. W. Jacobs -- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / Ambrose Bierce -- The ones who walk away from Omelas / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Paul's case / Willa Cather -- The red-headed league / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- The story of an hour / Kate Chopin -- The swimmer / John Cheever -- The train from Rhodesia / Nadine Gordimer -- A worn path / Eudora Welty.

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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