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1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
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"ISSN 1092-7735." |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Vol. 11: And of clay are we created / Isabel Allende -- Battle royal or The invisible man / Ralph Ellison -- The gilded six-bits / Zora Neale Hurston -- A good scent from a strange mountain / Robert Olen Butler -- The grave / Katherine Anne Porter -- Hands / Sherwood Anderson -- Marriage a la mode / Katherine Mansfield -- Mrs. Plum / Eskia (Ezekiel) Mphahlele -- My Kinsman, Major Molineux / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Roselily / Alice Walker -- Say yes / Tobias Wolff -- The sheriff's children / Charles Waddell Chesnutt -- Silver water / Amy Bloom -- The snows of Kilimanjaro / Ernest Hemingway -- Story teller / Leslie Marmon Silko -- Women in their beds / Gina Berriault. |
| Summary |
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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Allende, Isabel. And of clay are we created.
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Ellison, Ralph. Battle royal or The invisible man.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. Gilded six-bits.
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Butler, Robert Olen. Good scent from a strange mountain.
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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Grave.
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Anderson, Sherwood , 1876-1941. Hands.
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Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923. Marriage a la mode.
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Mphahlele, Es'kia, 1919-2008. Mrs. Plum.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. My Kinsman, Major Molineux.
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Walker, Alice, 1944- Roselily.
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Wolff, Tobias, 1945- Say yes.
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Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932. Sheriff's children.
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Bloom, Amy, 1953- Silver water.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Snows of Kilimanjaro.
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Silko, Leslie Marmon, 1948- Story teller.
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Berriault, Gina. Women in their beds.
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Short story.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Jennifer, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 11. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 2001 9780787642631 |
| ISBN |
9781414428222 (electronic book) |
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1414428227 (electronic book) |
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9780787642631 |
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0787642630 |
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