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Short stories for students. Volume 20 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler, project editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [(c)2005.]Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 318 pages) : illustrations, photographsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780787694197
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3373
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Contents:
Babette's feast / Isak Dinesen -- The big black good man / Richard Wright -- Christmas not just once a year / Heinrich Boll -- A great day / Frank Sargeson -- Imagined scenes / Ann Beattie -- In the shadow of war / Ben Okri -- The long-distance runner / Grace Paley -- Private lies / Bobbie Ann Mason -- The pursuer / Julio Cortazar -- Saint Emmanuel the good, martyr / Miguel de Unamuno -- The sniper / Liam O'Flaherty -- The sun, the moon, the stars / Junot Diaz -- To room nineteen / Doris Lessing -- The veldt / Ray Bradbury.
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.

Babette's feast / Isak Dinesen -- The big black good man / Richard Wright -- Christmas not just once a year / Heinrich Boll -- A great day / Frank Sargeson -- Imagined scenes / Ann Beattie -- In the shadow of war / Ben Okri -- The long-distance runner / Grace Paley -- Private lies / Bobbie Ann Mason -- The pursuer / Julio Cortazar -- Saint Emmanuel the good, martyr / Miguel de Unamuno -- The sniper / Liam O'Flaherty -- The sun, the moon, the stars / Junot Diaz -- To room nineteen / Doris Lessing -- The veldt / Ray Bradbury.

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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