Short stories for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories /  Volume 3 : 
Kathlene Wilson, project editor. 
 - 1 online resource (420 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Gale eBooks .
<br/><br/> Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.  "ISSN 1092-7735." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Vol. 3: A and P / John Updike --  Axolotl / Julio Cortazar --  Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street / Herman Melville --  A conversation with my father / Grace Paley --  The door in the wall / H. G. Wells --  Flight / John Steinbeck --  In the penal colony / Franz Kafka --  The Japanese quince / John Galsworthy --  A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell --  The lady, or the tiger? / Frank R. Stockton --  The man who lived underground / Richard Wright --  On discovery / Maxine Hong Kingston --  The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte --  Rape fantasies / Margaret Atwood --  Robert Kennedy saved from drowning / Donald Barthelme --  The shawl / Cynthia Ozick --  Shiloh / Bobbie Ann Mason --  Sorrow-Acre / Isak Dinesen --  Vengeful creditor / Chinua Achebe --  Where I'm calling from / Raymond Carver --  Woman Hollering Creek / Sandra Cisneros. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781414428147 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Updike, John. A & P. <br/>Cortazar, Julio. Axolotl. <br/>Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.  Bartleby the scrivener, a tale of Wall Street. <br/>Paley, Grace. Conversation with my father. <br/>Wells, H. G. 1866-1946.  Door in the wall. <br/>Steinbeck, John , 1902-1968.  Flight. <br/>Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924.  In the penal colony. <br/>Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933.  Japanese quince. <br/>Glaspell, Susan, 1876-1948.  Jury of her peers. <br/>Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902.  Lady, or the tiger? <br/>Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.  Man who lived underground. <br/>Kingston, Maxine Hong. On discovery. <br/>Harte, Bret, 1836-1902.  Outcasts of Poker Flat. <br/>Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-  Rape fantasies. <br/>Barthelme, Donald. Robert Kennedy saved from drowning. <br/>Ozick, Cynthia. Shawl. <br/>Mason, Bobbie Ann. Shiloh. <br/>Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.  Sorrow-Acre. <br/>Achebe, Chinua. Vengeful creditor. <br/>Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988.  Where I'm calling from. <br/>Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Short story.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN3373