Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories. Volume 26 : - 1 online resource (xix, 341 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Art work / A. S. Byatt -- The black cat / Edgar Allan Poe -- The circular ruins / Jorge Luis Borges -- The goophered grapevine / Charles Waddell Chesnutt -- Gusev / Anton Chekhov -- Johnny Mnemonic / William Gibson -- Life in the iron mills / Rebecca Harding Davis -- A mild attack of locusts / Doris Lessing -- Moon Lake / Eudora Welty -- Old woman Magoun / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Soldier's home / Ernest Hemingway -- The storm / Kate Chopin.

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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Byatt, A. S. 1936- Art work.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Black cat.
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986. Ruinas circulares.
Chesnutt, Charles W. 1858-1932. Goophered grapevine.
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904. Gusev.
Gibson, William, 1948- Johnny Mnemonic.
Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910. Life in the iron mills.
Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013. Mild attack of locusts.
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001. Moon Lake.
Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. Old woman Magoun.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Soldier's home.
Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904. Storm.


Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Short story.

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