Short stories for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories /  Volume 1 : 
Kathlene Wilson, project editor. 
 - 1 online resource (333 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Gale eBooks .
<br/><br/> Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.  "ISSN 1092-7735." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Vol. 1: Araby / James Joyce --  The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County / Mark Twain --  Children of the sea / Edwidge Danticat --  The Devil and Tom Walker / Washington Irving --  The Eatonville anthology / Zora Neale Hurston --  The handsomest drowned man in the world / Gabriel Garcia Marquez --  I stand here ironing / Tillie Olsen --  The jilting of Granny Weatherall / Katherine Anne Porter --  King of the bingo game / Ralph Ellison --  The lottery / Shirley Jackson --  The most dangerous game / Richard Connell --  The open window / Saki --  The secret life of Walter Mitty / James Thurber --  The secret sharer / Joseph Conrad --  The short, happy life of Francis Macomber / Ernest Hemingway --  There will come soft rains / Ray Bradbury --  Through the tunnel / Doris Lessing --  Where are you going, where have you been? / Joyce Carol Oates --  The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --  Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781414428123 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-  Children of the sea. <br/>Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.  Young Goodman Brown. <br/>Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013.  Through the tunnel. <br/>Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935.  Yellow wallpaper. <br/>Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-  Where are you going, where have you been? <br/>Bradbury, Ray, 1920-  There will come soft rains. <br/>Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.  Short, happy life of Francis Macomber. <br/>Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.  Secret sharer. <br/>Hurston, Zora Neale. Eatonville anthology. <br/>Joyce, James, 1882-1941.  Araby. <br/>Saki, 1870-1916.  Open window. <br/>Ellison, Ralph. King of the bingo game. <br/>Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965.  Lottery. <br/>Connell, Richard Edward, 1893-1949.  Most dangerous game. <br/>Thurber, James, 1894-1961.  Secret life of Walter Mitty. <br/>Olsen, Tillie. I stand here ironing. <br/>Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980.  Jilting of Granny Weatherall. <br/>Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.  Celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County. <br/>Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928-  Handsomest drowned man in the world. <br/>Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.  Devil and Tom Walker. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Short story.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN3373