Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 24 :
Ira Mark Milne, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden.
- 1 online resource (xix, 327 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1092-7735." Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The canal / Richard Yates -- The English pupil / Andrea Barrett -- Fish / Jill McCorkle -- The good doctor / Adam Haslett -- Great day / David Malouf -- Immortality / Yiyun Li -- Last courtesies / Ella Leffland -- Meeting Mrinal / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Melon / Julian Barnes -- The middleman / Bharati Mukherjee -- The necessary grace to fall / Gina Ochsner -- Paris 1991 / Kate Walbert -- Someone to talk to / Deborah Eisenberg -- What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence / John Edgar Wideman.
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.
9781414410647
Yates, Richard, 1926-1992.tCanal. Barrett, Andrea. English pupil. McCorkle, Jill, 1958- Fish. Haslett, Adam. Good doctor. Malouf, David, 1934- Great day. Li, Yiyun, 1972- Immortality. Leffland, Ella. Last courtesies. Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956- Meeting Mrinal. Barnes, Julian. Melon. Mukherjee, Bharati. Middleman. Ochsner, Gina, 1970- Necessary grace to fall. Walbert, Kate, 1961- Paris 1991. Eisenberg, Deborah. Someone to talk to. Wideman, John Edgar. What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Short story.