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Short stories for students. Volume 30 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Sara Constantakis, project editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [(c)2010.]Description: 1 online resource (xix, 309 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414474564
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3373
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Contents:
Beware of the dog / by Roald Dahl -- A day goes by / by Luigi Pirandello -- Dr. Heidegger's experiment / by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The heavenly Christmas tree / by Fyodor Dostoevsky -- The leap / by Louise Erdrich -- Love must not be forgotten / by Zhang Jie -- Marriage is a private affair / by Chinua Achebe -- No witchcraft for sale / by Doris Lessing -- One ordinary day, with peanuts / by Shirley Jackson -- The prisoner who wore glasses / by Bessie Head -- The son from America / by Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Sorry, right number / by Stephen King -- Sweet potato pie / by Eugenia Collier -- The thrill of the grass / by W. P. Kinsella.
Summary: Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.
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"ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Beware of the dog / by Roald Dahl -- A day goes by / by Luigi Pirandello -- Dr. Heidegger's experiment / by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The heavenly Christmas tree / by Fyodor Dostoevsky -- The leap / by Louise Erdrich -- Love must not be forgotten / by Zhang Jie -- Marriage is a private affair / by Chinua Achebe -- No witchcraft for sale / by Doris Lessing -- One ordinary day, with peanuts / by Shirley Jackson -- The prisoner who wore glasses / by Bessie Head -- The son from America / by Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Sorry, right number / by Stephen King -- Sweet potato pie / by Eugenia Collier -- The thrill of the grass / by W. P. Kinsella.

Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance.

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