Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 50 : Kristen A. Dorsch, project editor ; foreword by Thomas E. Barden. - 1 online resource (xix, 315 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Bright and morning star / Richard Wright -- Everyday use / Alice Walker -- The gift of the magi / O. Henry -- A good man is hard to find / Flannery O'Connor -- The interlopers / H.H. Munro -- The legend of sleepy hollow / Washington Irving -- The necklace / Guy de Maupassant -- The nightingale and the rose / Oscar Wilde -- Paul's case / Willa Cather -- The shawl / Cynthia Ozick -- Sweat / Zora Neale Hurston -- A temporary matter / Jhumpa Lahiri -- The things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

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.



9781410365569


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

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