Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 36 :
Sara Constantakis, project editor.
- 1 online resource (xix, 328 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
The disappearance / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Drinking coffee elsewhere / ZZ Packer -- The horse dealer's daughter / D.H. Lawrence -- How I met my husband / Alice Munro -- Killings / Andre Dubus -- The little knife / Michael Chabon -- The mice that set the elephants free / Vishnu Sarma -- A new leaf / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The sentinel / Arthur C. Clarke -- The story-teller / Saki -- This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona / Sherman Alexie -- Torn lace / Emilia Pardo Bazan -- The tree / Maria Luisa Bombal -- The year of spaghetti / Haruki Murakami.
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.
9781414487441
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Short story.