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Author | : Richard Fusco |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0271041129 |
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Maupassant and the American Short Story isolates and develops more fully than any previous study the impact of Maupassant's work on the writing of Ambrose Bierce, O. Henry, Kate Chopin, and Henry James. It introduces a new perspective to assess their canons, reviving the importance of many often-ignored stories and, in the cases of Maupassant and O. Henry, reasserting the necessity of studying such writers to understand the history of the genre. An important moment in the history of the short story occurred with the American misreading of Maupassant's use of story structure. At the turn of the century, writers such as Bierce and O. Henry seized upon the surprise-inversion form because Maupassant's translators promoted him as championing it. Only a few writers, such as James and Chopin, both of whom read Maupassant in French, appreciated his deft handling of form more fully. Their vision and the impact of Maupassant upon their fiction was largely ignored by later generations of writers who preferred to associate Maupassant and O. Henry with the &"trick ending&" story. This book details the origins and consequences of this misperception. The book further contributes to the study of the short-story genre. Through an adaptation of Aristotelian concepts, Richard Fusco proposes an original approach to short-story structure, defining and developing seven categories of textual formulas: linear, ironic coda, surprise-inversion, loop, descending helical, contrast, and sinusoidal. As a practitioner of all these forms, Maupassant established his mastery of the genre. By studying his use of form, the book asserts a major reason for his pivotal importance in the historical development of the short story.
Author | : Florence Goyet |
Publisher | : Open Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2014-01-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1909254754 |
Download The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The ability to construct a nuanced narrative or complex character in the constrained form of the short story has sometimes been seen as the ultimate test of an author's creativity. Yet during the time when the short story was at its most popular - the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - even the greatest writers followed strict generic conventions that were far from subtle. This expanded and updated translation of Florence Goyet's influential La Nouvelle, 1870-1925: Description d'un genre à son apogée (Paris, 1993) is the only study to focus exclusively on this classic period across different continents. Ranging through French, English, Italian, Russian and Japanese writing - particularly the stories of Guy de Maupassant, Henry James, Giovanni Verga, Anton Chekhov and Akutagawa Ry?nosuke - Goyet shows that these authors were able to create brilliant and successful short stories using the very simple 'tools of brevity' of that period. In this challenging and far-reaching study, Goyet looks at classic short stories in the context in which they were read at the time: cheap newspapers and higher-end periodicals. She demonstrates that, despite the apparent intention of these stories to question bourgeois ideals, they mostly affirmed the prejudices of their readers. In doing so, her book forces us to re-think our preconceptions about this 'forgotten' genre.
Author | : Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 1996-03-27 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0486289184 |
Download Best Short Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
New edition features 7 of the most popular tales of one of the greatest of all short-story writers. Included are "La Parure," "Mademoiselle Fifi," "La Maison Tellier," "La Ficelle," "Miss Harriet," "Boule de Suif" and "Le Horla," all reflecting Maupassant's intimate familiarity with Paris and the universality of his creations.
Author | : Maupassant Guy de |
Publisher | : Xist Publishing |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 2016-02-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1681952092 |
Download The Necklace and Other Short Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Opulence is sometimes deceiving“She removed the wraps from her shoulders before the glass, for a final view of herself in her glory. Suddenly she uttered a cry. Her necklace was not around...” - Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace Madame Mathilde Loisel is displeased: she cannot go to a fancy party because she doesn’t have anything to wear. Her husband tries to help her and gives her money to buy a new dress. She insists she also needs jewels so she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend, Madame Jeanne Forestier. After the party, Mathilde realizes that she lost the stunning necklace. ,This book has been professionally formatted for e-readers and contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.
Author | : Richard Fusco |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 732 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : American fiction |
ISBN | : |
Download Maupassant and the Turn-of-the-century American Short Story Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Jim Booth |
Publisher | : Watchmaker Publishing |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780972178600 |
Download The New Southern Gentleman Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Daniel Randolph Deal is a Southern aristocrat, having the required bloodline, but little of the nobility. A man resistant to the folly of ethics, he prefers a selective, self-indulgent morality. He is a confessed hedonist, albeit responsibly so."--Back cover
Author | : Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1425029566 |
Download Original Maupassant Short Stories, Volum Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Roald Dahl |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2012-09-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1405911042 |
Download Man from the South (A Roald Dahl Short Story) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Man from the South is a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. In Man from the South, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a man takes part in a very unusual bet, one with appalling consequences . . . Man from the South is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police; a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants; the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach; and others. 'The absolute master of the twist in the tale.' (Observer ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Stephen Mangan. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Author | : Joyce Carol Oates |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780195092622 |
Download The Oxford Book of American Short Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.
Author | : Guy de Maupassant |
Publisher | : Tacet Books |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2019-01-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 8577770214 |
Download 7 Best Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant (Aug 5, 1850 - Jul 6, 1893) was a popular French author who wrote under the pen name Guy de Maupassant. He is considered one of the fathers of the modern short story as well as one of its finest practitioners. His prolific and deeply admired body of work influenced a great number of writers including William Somerset Maugham, O. Henry, Anton Chekhov, Kate Chopin and Henry James. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories: - The Necklace - Mademoiselle Fifi - Miss Harriet - My Uncle Jules - Boule de Suif - The Wreck - The Hand