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.



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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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