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Short stories for students. Volume 23 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Anne Marie Hacht, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [(c)2006.]Description: 1 online resource (xix, 313 pages) : illustrations, photographsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414410630
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3373
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Contents:
Brokeback mountain / Annie Proulx -- The centaur / Jose Saramago -- The deep / Mary Swan -- Elbow room / James Alan McPherson -- The elephant vanishes / Haruki Murakami -- Holiday / Katherine Anne Porter -- Hot ice / Stuart Dybek -- In the middle of the fields / Mary Lavin -- Marry the one who gets there first / Heidi Julavits -- Proper library / Carolyn Ferrell -- The pugilist at rest / Thom Jones -- The scarlet ibis / James Hurst -- A small, good thing / Raymond Carver -- The smoothest way is full of stones / Julie Orringer.
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, and criticism.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Brokeback mountain / Annie Proulx -- The centaur / Jose Saramago -- The deep / Mary Swan -- Elbow room / James Alan McPherson -- The elephant vanishes / Haruki Murakami -- Holiday / Katherine Anne Porter -- Hot ice / Stuart Dybek -- In the middle of the fields / Mary Lavin -- Marry the one who gets there first / Heidi Julavits -- Proper library / Carolyn Ferrell -- The pugilist at rest / Thom Jones -- The scarlet ibis / James Hurst -- A small, good thing / Raymond Carver -- The smoothest way is full of stones / Julie Orringer.

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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