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.



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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.


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