Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 41 :
Matthew Derda, project editor.
- 1 online resource (xix, 317 pages) : illustrations
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1092-7735."
Includes bibliographies and index.
Afterward / Edith Wharton -- Back windows / Louisa May Alcott -- Bang-bang you're dead / Muriel Spark -- The beautiful people / Charles Beaumont -- Brothers are the same / Beryl Markham -- The facts behind the Helsinki roccamatios / Yann Martel -- Haircut / Ring Lardner -- Hamadi / Naomi Shihab Nye -- The isabel fish / Julie Orringer -- Man from the south / Roald Dahl -- The nightingale and the rose / Oscar Wilde -- Parker's back / Flannery O'Connor -- The problem of cell 13 / Jacques Futrelle -- A turn with the sun / John Knowles.
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.
9781573023252
Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States. Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States. Short story.