TY - BOOK AU - Constantakis,Sara AU - Barden,Thomas E. ED - Gale Group. TI - Short stories for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories T2 - Gale eBooks SN - 9781414482347 AV - PN3373 PY - 2012///.] CY - Detroit, Mich. PB - Gale KW - Short story KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - United States KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) N1 - "ISSN 1092-7735."; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; The blue hotel / Stephen Crane --; The country of the blind / H.G. Wells --; First confession / Frank O'Connor --; Good country people / Flannery O'Connor --; Greasy lake / T. Coraghessan Boyle --; An hour with Abuelo / Judith Ortiz Cofer --; Impulse / Conrad Aiken --; The lucky stone / Lucille Clifton --; The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe --; The night face up / Julio Cortazar --; The rain came / Grace Ogot --; Wasps' nest / Agatha Christie --; The white umbrella / Gish Jen --; The widow and the parrot : a true story / Virginia Woolf; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/3LMF/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=columbiaiu ER -