Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 45 : Kristin B. Mallegg, project editor. - 1 online resource (xix, 312 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

The children's story / James Clavell -- Defeat / Kay Boyle -- Greenleaf / Flannery O'Connor -- The house behind a weeping cherry / Ha Jin -- Just before the war with the eskimos / J.d. Salinger -- Kindred spirits / Alice Walker -- The man in the black suit / Stephen King -- Mar�ia Concepci�on / Katherine Anne Porter -- Novel of the black seal / Arthur Machen -- Orbiting / Bharati Mukherjee -- The signalman / Charles Dickens -- The streak / Walter Dean Myers -- Where the gods fly / Jean Kwok -- The world's greatest fishermen / Louise Erdrich.

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.



9781410328625


Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
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