Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 35 :
Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden.
- 1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1092-7735."
The birth-mark / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Cat in the rain / Ernest Hemingway -- Gentleman of Rio en Medio / Juan A.A. Sedillo -- Home / Gwendolyn Brooks -- The homecoming stranger / Bei Dao -- Hunters in the snow / Tobias Wolff -- In a grove / Ryunosuke Akutagawa -- The law of life / Jack London -- Mista Courifer / Adelaide Casely-Hayford -- The outlaws / Selma Lagerlof -- A pair of silk stockings / Kate Chopin -- A shocking accident / Graham Greene -- The street of the Canon / Josephina Niggli -- A sunrise on the veld / Doris Lessing.
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.
9781414487434
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Short story.