Short stories for students. presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied short stories / Volume 8 :
Ira Mark Milne, project editor.
- 1 online resource (387 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. 8: Blackberry winter / Robert Penn Warren -- Flowering Judas / Katherine Anne Porter -- The garden party / Katherine Mansfield -- The grand inquisitor / Fyodor Dostoevsky -- How I contemplated the world . . . / Joyce Carol Oates -- In another country / Ernest Hemingway -- The legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving -- The lifted veil / George Eliot -- The magic barrel / Bernard Malamud -- The man to send rainclouds / Leslie Marmon Silko -- The masque of the red death / Edgar Allan Poe -- Mateo Falcone / Prosper Merimee -- Mrs. Bathurst / Rudyard Kipling -- A New England nun / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Redemption / John Gardner -- Residents and transients / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Silent snow, secret snow / Conrad Aiken.
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.
9781414428192
Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Blackberry winter. Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Flowering Judas. Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Garden party. Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Grand inquisitor. Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- How I contemplated the world. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. In another country. Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Lifted veil. Malamud, Bernard. Magic barrel. Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- Man to send rainclouds. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Masque of the red death. M�erim�ee, Prosper, 1803-1870. Mateo Falcone. Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Mrs. Bathurst. Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930. New England nun. Gardner, John, 1933-1982. Redemption. Mason, Bobbie Ann. Residents and transients. Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973. Silent snow, secret snow.
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