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Short stories for students. Volume 6 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Tim Akers, project editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, [(c)1999.]Description: 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781414428178
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3373
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Contents:
Vol. 6: The beast in the jungle / Henry James -- Bloodchild / Octavia Butler -- Cathedral / Raymond Carver -- The Chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck -- The dead / James Joyce -- Fever / John Edgar Wideman -- A guide to Berlin / Vladimir Nabokov -- Hills like white elephants / Ernest Hemingway -- Lost in the funhouse / John Barth -- Odour of Chrysanthemums / D.H. Lawrence -- Pomegranate Seed / Edith Wharton -- The ring / Isak Dinesen -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- A simple heart / Gustave Flaubert -- Spunk / Zora Neale Hurston -- Swimming Lessons / Rohinton Mistry -- A very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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. 6: The beast in the jungle / Henry James -- Bloodchild / Octavia Butler -- Cathedral / Raymond Carver -- The Chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck -- The dead / James Joyce -- Fever / John Edgar Wideman -- A guide to Berlin / Vladimir Nabokov -- Hills like white elephants / Ernest Hemingway -- Lost in the funhouse / John Barth -- Odour of Chrysanthemums / D.H. Lawrence -- Pomegranate Seed / Edith Wharton -- The ring / Isak Dinesen -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- A simple heart / Gustave Flaubert -- Spunk / Zora Neale Hurston -- Swimming Lessons / Rohinton Mistry -- A very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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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