Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 7 : Ira Mark Milne, project editor. - 1 online resource (399 pages) : illustrations - Gale eBooks .

Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. "ISSN 1092-7735."

Includes bibliographies and index.

Vol. 7: The blues I'm playing / Langston Hughes -- The Canterville ghost / Oscar Wilde -- The cask of Amontillado / Edgar Allan Poe -- The daffodil sky / H.E. Bates -- Girl / Jamaica Kincaid -- A hunger artist / Franz Kafka -- The life you save may be your own / Flannery O'Conner -- The man that corrupted Hadleyburg / Mark Twain -- The management of grief / Bharati Mukherjee -- The minister's black veil / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Neighbour Rosicky / Willa Cather -- The overcoat / Nikolai Gogol -- Raymond's Run / Toni Cade Bambara -- Roman fever / Edith Wharton -- The stone boy / Gina Berriault -- To build a fire / Jack London -- Waldo / Robert A. Heinlein.

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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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Blues I'm playing.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Canterville ghost.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Cask of Amontillado.
Bates, H. E. 1905-1974. Daffodil sky.
Kincaid, Jamaica. Girl.
Kafka, Franz , 1883-1924. Hunger artist.
O'Connor, Flannery. Life you save may be your own.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Man that corrupted Hadleyburg.
Mukherjee, Bharati, 1942- Management of grief.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Minister's black veil.
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Neighbour Rosicky.
Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich, 1809-1852. Overcoat.
Bambara, Toni Cade. Raymond's Run.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Roman fever.
Berriault, Gina. Stone boy.
London, Jack, 1876-1916. To build a fire.
Heinlein, Robert A. 1907-1988. Waldo.


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