Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 15 :
Carol Ullmann, project editor.
- 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. "ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Vol. 15: African passions / Beatriz Rivera -- America and I / Anzia Yezierska -- Bright and morning star / Richard Wright -- Dante and the lobster / Samuel Beckett -- The dog of Tithwal / Saadat Hasan Manto -- The green leaves / Grace Ogot -- The harvest / Tomas Rivera -- How to tell a true war story / Tim O'Brien -- I have no mouth, and I must scream / Harlan Ellison -- The interlopers / Saki -- The replacement / Alain Robbe-Grillet -- That in Aleppo once . . . / Vladimir Nabokov -- To Da-duh, in memoriam / Paule Marshall -- Winter dreams / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The wives of the dead / Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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.
9781414428260
Rivera, Beatriz, 1957- African passions. Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. America and I. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Bright and morning star. Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Dante and the lobster. Man�to, Sa'�adat �Hasan, 1912-1955. Dog of Tithwal. Ogot, Grace, 1930- Green leaves. Rivera, Tomas, 1935- Harvest. O'Brien, Tim, 1946- How to tell a true war story. Ellison, Harlan. I have no mouth, and I must scream. Saki, 1870-1916. Interlopers. Robbe-Grillet, Alain, 1922-2008. Replacement. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. That in Aleppo once. Marshall, Paule, 1929- To Da-duh, in memoriam. Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940. Winter dreams. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Wives of the dead.
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