TY - BOOK AU - Derda,Matthew ED - Gale (Firm) TI - Short stories for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories T2 - Gale eBooks SN - 9781414492834 AV - PN3373 PY - 2014///.] CY - Farmington Hills, Mich. PB - Gale, Cengage Learning 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; Barbie-Q / by Sandra Cisneros --; The beginning of something / by Sue Ellen Bridgers --; Christmas Day in the morning / by Pearl S. Buck --; A cup of tea / by Katherine Mansfield --; The infant prodigy / by Thomas Mann --; The lagoon / by Joseph Conrad --; The new-year sacrifice / by Lu Xun --; One throw / by W.C. Heinz --; The piece of string / by Guy de Maupassant --; A prayer from the living / by Ben Okri --; Teenage wasteland / by Anne Tyler --; The third bank of the river / by Joao Guimaraes Rosa --; The war of the wall / by Toni Cade Bambara --; The winner / by Barbara Kimenye; 2; b N2 - Provides critical overviews of short stories from all cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the story's cultural and historical significance UR - https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/4QSK/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=columbiaiu ER -