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Author | : Jean A. McConochie |
Publisher | : Heinle & Heinle Pub |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1995-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780838448519 |
Download 20th Century American Short Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Introduces students to American literature through unabridged, unsimplified stories written by a variety of American authors. Includes pre-and post-reading support, discussion and writing activities to help promote both reading and writing.
Author | : John Updike |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 810 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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Download The Best American Short Stories of the Century Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The incomparable John Updike selects the 55 finest short stories from America's bestselling anthology, published since 1915.
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Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : English language |
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Download Twentieth century American short stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Fred Lewis Pattee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Short stories, American |
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Download Century Readings in the American Short Story Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Philip Coleman |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2017-03-25 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3319499327 |
Download George Saunders Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This timely volume explores the signal contribution George Saunders has made to the development of the short story form in books ranging from CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996) to Tenth of December (2013). The book brings together a team of scholars from around the world to explore topics ranging from Saunders’s treatment of work and religion to biopolitics and the limits of the short story form. It also includes an interview with Saunders specially conducted for the volume, and a preliminary bibliography of his published works and critical responses to an expanding and always exciting creative œuvre. Coinciding with the release of the Saunders’ first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo (2017), George Saunders: Critical Essays is the first book-length consideration of a major contemporary author’s work. It is essential reading for anyone interested in twenty-first century fiction.
Author | : Erik Redling |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2022-01-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110585324 |
Download Handbook of the American Short Story Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and researchers a comprehensive introduction to the multifaceted genre with a special focus on recent developments due to the rise of new media. Part I provides systematic overviews of significant contexts ranging from historical-political backgrounds, short story theories developed by writers, print and digital culture, to current theoretical approaches and canon formation. Part II consists of 35 paired readings of representative short stories by eminent authors, charting major steps in the evolution of the American short story from its beginnings as an art form in the early nineteenth century up to the digital age. The handbook examines historically, methodologically, and theoretically the coming together of the enduring narrative practice of compression and concision in American literature. It offers fresh and original readings relevant to studying the American short story and shows how the genre performs American culture.
Author | : Michael J. Collins |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2016-10-20 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 047213003X |
Download The Drama of the American Short Story, 1800-1865 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A new history of the origins of the American short story and its relationship to theatrical performance culture
Author | : Erik Redling |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 2022-01-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110587645 |
Download Handbook of the American Short Story Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and researchers a comprehensive introduction to the multifaceted genre with a special focus on recent developments due to the rise of new media. Part I provides systematic overviews of significant contexts ranging from historical-political backgrounds, short story theories developed by writers, print and digital culture, to current theoretical approaches and canon formation. Part II consists of 35 paired readings of representative short stories by eminent authors, charting major steps in the evolution of the American short story from its beginnings as an art form in the early nineteenth century up to the digital age. The handbook examines historically, methodologically, and theoretically the coming together of the enduring narrative practice of compression and concision in American literature. It offers fresh and original readings relevant to studying the American short story and shows how the genre performs American culture.
Author | : Ernest Hemingway |
Publisher | : Dell |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 1954-03-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0440378648 |
Download Short Story Masterpieces Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Since its first printing in 1954, this outstanding anthology has been the book of choice by teachers, students, and lovers of short fiction. Surveying stories by British and American writers in the first half of the twentieth century, editors Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine selected stories that broke new ground and challenged the imagination with their style, subject matter, or tone: the unforgettable, enduring works that shaped the literature of our time. A truly exceptional collection of great stories, including: The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane The Horse Dealer’s Daughter by D. H. Lawrence Barn Burning by William Faulkner The Sojourner by Carson McCullers The Open Window by Saki Flowering Judas by Katherine Anne Porter The Boarding House by James Joyce Soldier’s Home by Ernest Hemingway The Tree of Knowledge by Henry James Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty . . . and twenty-five more of the century’s best stories!
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Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : American fiction |
ISBN | : 9786613627841 |
Download The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-century American Short Story Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The American short story has never been more popular - or more important - than it is today. With many lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary scholars in the United States, The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story offers readers a wealth of information and insight into the work of many of the finest short story writers in literary history. Part one of the book is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "The American Working-Class Short Story" or "Lesbian and Gay Short Stories". Part two contains pieces on individual writers and their work, including Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver and J.D. Salinger.