Short stories for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories /  Volume 5 : 
Tim Akers and Jerry Moore, project editors. 
 - 1 online resource (417 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Gale eBooks .
<br/><br/> Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism.  "ISSN 1092-7735." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Vol. 5: Barn burning / William Faulkner --  Big blonde / Dorothy Parker --  Blood-burning moon / Jean Toomer --  Boys and girls / Alice Munro --  The death of Ivan Ilych / Leo Tolstoy --  The demon lover / Elizabeth Bowen --  Guests of the nation / Frank O'Connor --  Han's crime / Shiga Naoya --  Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut --  A horse and two goats / R.K. Narayan --  The lady with the pet dog / Anton Chekhov --  Melanctha / Gertrude Stein --  Recitatif / Toni Morrison --  The sky is gray / Ernest J. Gaines --  Snapshots of a wedding / Bessie Head --  Swaddling clothes / Yukio Mishima --  The things they carried / Tim O'Brien --  What I have been doing lately / Jamaica Kincaid --  The wave / Liam O'Flaherty --  Wunderkind / Carson McCullers. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781414428161 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.  Barn burning. <br/>Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967.  Big blonde. <br/>Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967.  Blood-burning moon. <br/>Munro, Alice, 1931-  Boys and girls. <br/>Tolstoy, Leo, graf,  1828-1910.  Death of Ivan Ilych. <br/>Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973.  Demon lover. <br/>O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966.  Guests of the nation. <br/>Shiga, Naoya, 1883-1971.  Han's crime. <br/>Vonnegut, Kurt. Harrison Bergeron. <br/>Narayan, R. K., 1906-2001.  Horse and two goats. <br/>Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.  Lady with the pet dog. <br/>Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.  Melanctha. <br/>Morrison, Toni. Recitatif. <br/>Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-  Sky is gray. <br/>Head, Bessie, 1937-1986.  Snapshots of a wedding. <br/>Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970.  Swaddling clothes. <br/>O'Brien, Tim, 1946-  Things they carried. <br/>Kincaid, Jamaica. What I have been doing lately. <br/>O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984.  Wave. <br/>McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967.  Wunderkind. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Short story--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Short story--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Short story.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN3373